Italy’s far-right interior minister sparks outcry by calling for a Roma REGISTER so the community can be counted and non-Italians deported
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called for an Italian census on Roma community
Far-right leader said Roma found to be in the country illegally would be deported
Salvini said ‘unfortunately’ they would not be able to expel Italian Roma
He was slammed by both fellow ministers and other Italian politicians
Centre-left Democratic Party (PD) said it revived memories of ‘ethnic cleansing’
SARA MALM
DAILYMAIL.COM
19 June 2018
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called for a census of the Roma community in order to find and deport anyone staying in the country illegally.
The leader of the far-right League party said his government ministry was looking at ‘the Roma question’ and wanted to see ‘who, and how many’ there were.
‘Unfortunately we will have to keep the Italian Roma because we can’t expel them,’ Salvini told TV station Telelombardia.
His plans have been met with resistance from fellow government politicians, with Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Salvini’s coalition partner the Five Star Movement, calling it ‘unconstitutional’.
Non-government politicians went further, with centre-left Democratic Party (PD) saying his call revived memories of ‘ethnic cleansing’.
‘You can work for security and respect for rules without becoming fascist,’ tweeted Democratic lawmaker Ettore Rosato.
‘The announced census of Roma is vulgar and demagogical.’
Tens of thousands of Roma, also known as ‘Romani’ or ‘gypsies’, live across Italy, many in squalid shantytowns on the outskirts of major cities and on the fringes of society.
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