Italy: Evicted migrants moved to temporary refuge centre in Ventimiglia

A temporary refuge centre has been set up for the migrants and asylum seekers who were forcibly removed from the French-Italian border, in Ventimiglia, Tuesday. Many of the waiting migrants, who had been denied access to France last week after crossing the Mediterranean into Europe, are from Sudan, Libya and Eritrea and are now staying in make-shift camps along the shoreline, with little more than emergency blankets for cover. They refuse to register with Italian authorities, because many want to travel on to other countries where families or friends live. France refuses to accept the refugees, referring to the EU's Dublin Regulation, which states that the country asylum seekers enter first is responsible for examining the asylum request. Due to Italy's geographical location, many undocumented migrants enter Europe via the Italian coast. A record 1,439 migrants were intercepted by French border authorities in the past week, with 1,097 deported to Italy. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi warned other EU countries that if they fail to provide appropriate support then Italy would have a plan B, which "would be a wound inflicted on Europe".