The ASGI association has sounded an alarm in Italy over new rules, which require those accessing all public offices to have a Green pass. This, they fear, could potentially compromise some migrants' potential to seek asylum.
Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) denounced a worrisome situation northwest of Val di Susa, on the border between Italy and France, where winter is approaching and transiting migrants have no place to stay.
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Assistance from authorities is completely absent in the border cities; consequently, it is left to activists and volunteers to receive people in transit and provide them with humanitarian assistance and medical care, with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In mid-December, two MSF teams travelled to the main transit points in Ventimiglia, Oulx, Bolzano and Trieste and spoke to migrants and refugees on the move and the people trying to help them.
Here are some of their words, followed by MSF’s call to the Italian authorities to provide people with shelter, humanitarian aid and access to medical care in all border areas.