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Inside Europe: Italy's crackdown on asylum seekers

Megan Williams
December 14, 2018

Italy's coalition government has come under mounting criticism from human rights groups, including Amnesty International, for what they say is the erosion of protections for asylum seekers and a rise in xenophobic rhetoric. They're particularly concerned about a new law dubbed the Salvini Decree, championed by the country's populist interior minister, Matteo Salvini. Megan Williams reports.

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