Anger has grown in Italy after far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has ordered hundreds of refugees to be moved out of Riace, a small town in Calabria.
The town - whose population was dwindling for many years - was previously celebrated as a model of integration of asylum seekers, welcoming them in an attempt to revitalise itself.
The decision came following the arrest of one of Italy’s mayor Domenico Lucano earlier this month for allegedly fiddling the system to benefit refugees.