Italian town saved by refugees fights government anti-immigration policy 
(WorldNews Europe)

The alleyways of Italy´s town of Riace are adorned with dozens of murals that show its longstanding relationship with migration. But the country´s new populist government is threatening a project locals say has successfully integrated hundreds of refugees and migrants into the town of just over 2,000. The figurehead of the project, Mayor Domenico Lucano, was placed under house arrest earlier this month on charges of involvement in organising `marriages of convenience` for asylum purposed. On Saturday Italy´s Interior minister, Matteo Salvini, ordered that all migrants in Riace be transferred to refugee centres next week. Mr Salvini hailed the arrest as proof that the country´s new populist...