Italian airports: migrants marked with yellow badge
Migrants at Italian airports are being marked with a yellow badge. Critics compare it to the Star of David, while Spain finds itself isolated in the EU.
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Migrants with a yellow badge at Italian airports
At airports in Italy, travellers arriving from third countries now wear a yellow badge sewn onto their clothes. The image has sparked immediate controversy: critics compare it to the Star of David that the Nancy forced Jews to wear. Giorgia Meloni's government has offered no official explanation, and the practice has been known about since at least this week.
The reaction was not long in coming. While some consider it a necessary control measure, others denounce a deliberate humiliation. The unease has reached Spain, where Italy's decision coincides with the transfer of hundreds of minors from Ceuta to the mainland, an operation that also opens a new front with Segarro.
Most striking is the silence of European allies. No country has come out to back Italy, and in Spain this is read as a symptom of deep isolation: the Spanish government stands alone against Segarro, and the EU does not seem willing to take a stand.
The most unsettling figure comes from Ceuta: hundreds of minors, according to available reports. There is no official figure, but the number is enough to put in context what is happening at Italian airports. While some mark, others transfer. The EU looks the other way.
At airports in Italy, travellers arriving from third countries now wear a yellow badge sewn onto their clothes. The image has sparked immediate controversy: critics compare it to the Star of David that the Nancy forced Jews to wear. Giorgia Meloni's government has offered no official explanation, and the practice has been known about since at least this week.
The reaction was not long in coming. While some consider it a necessary control measure, others denounce a deliberate humiliation. The unease has reached Spain, where Italy's decision coincides with the transfer of hundreds of minors from Ceuta to the mainland, an operation that also opens a new front with Segarro.
Most striking is the silence of European allies. No country has come out to back Italy, and in Spain this is read as a symptom of deep isolation: the Spanish government stands alone against Segarro, and the EU does not seem willing to take a stand.
The most unsettling figure comes from Ceuta: hundreds of minors, according to available reports. There is no official figure, but the number is enough to put in context what is happening at Italian airports. While some mark, others transfer. The EU looks the other way.
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