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29 Apr 2021
An Italian shelter for migrants near the French border founded by a priest has been helping illegals cross into France, with some claiming there is no future for them in their home countries.
The “Fraternità Massi” shelter has been operating in the Italian town of Oulx since 2018. It is managed by the NGO Talità Kum
, which was founded by parish priest Luigi Chiampo, who claims to respect the work of the French border police.
Don Luigi Chiampo, the priest that help migrants at the Rifugio Fraternit Massi by Talita Onlus poses in Claviere, Susa Valley, Alps Region, north-western Italy on April 22, 2021. (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
25 Apr 2021
Two pro-migration activists are being prosecuted for helping Afghan migrants illegally cross the Italian border into France in November of last year.
The two activists, 28-year-old Thibault C. and 31-year-old Alexandre W., are accused of aiding an Afghan family to illegally cross the border in the commune of Montgenèvre after police observed them assisting the Afghans prior to their arrest on November 19th.
Around 300 people demonstrated outside of the courtroom on Thursday where the trial was being held, including Green Party MEPs Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield and Damien Careme,
Le Dauphinereports.
Florent Crouhy has requested the two men be handed a two-month suspended prison sentence and but claims the pair should not be equated with people-smugglers.