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New Border ‘Hotspots’ To Focus On Fingerprinting Migrants

ROME, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Italy will step up efforts to fingerprint migrants, even if it means using force, at immigration centres to be run jointly by European officials and local police, according to the official in charge of implementing national

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French Court Rules Italian Border Patrols Are Legal

France’s top administrative court has ruled that border controls on the French/Italian border do not violate the Schengen agreement, confirming the country can stop migrants entering through Italy. The migrants, predominantly Africans, have become a source of tension between the two