Italian government adopts hardline anti-migrant decree

The Italian government has adopted a hardline security decree which will make it easier to expel migrants and strip them of Italian citizenship.

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called the bill, which was adopted on Monday, a “step forward to make Italy safer”.

In a Facebook post, the far-right Lega politician said the move would help Italy “be stronger in the fight against the mafia and [people] smugglers”.

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