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Italian decree curtails rights of unaccompanied migrant minors EU

Italy is one of the main countries of arrival in Europe for thousands of minors crossing the Mediterranean on their own. Since the beginning of her mandate as prime minister, far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has prioritised the fight against illegal immigration. This fall, the Italian executive approved a decree targeting unaccompanied minor migrants. The text toughens their living conditions and imposes stricter measures on verifying their age. Our correspondents report from Palermo, on the island of Sicily.

Italian court convicts more than 200 people in Calabria mafia trial EU

An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta organised crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups. The mafia group, which is tied to some 150 Calabrian families, has a near monopoly on the European cocaine trade, bringing in €50 billion annually according to some estimates, FRANCE 24’s Seema Gupta said. 

More than 200 mobsters convicted in historic Italian mafia trial EU

An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups. 

‘We are very, very, very tired’: Migrants describe their journeys to Lampedusa EU

Ahead of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s scheduled visit to Italy’s Lampedusa island on Sunday, FRANCE 24’s Seema Gupta, Natalia Mendoza and Wassim Daly spoke with some of the migrants there to learn about their living conditions and the treacherous journeys they have made. Some local residents express frustration with the surge in arrivals, while a local church has become a place where donations are collected.