IMG 1 TTRTAG 2 TTAnti-racist groups in Italyhave warned of a dangerous acceleration in attacks on immigrants after 12 shootings, two murders and 33 physical assaults were recorded in the two months since Matteo Salvini RTAG 5 TT” Propaganda around anti-migrant policies has clearly contributed to creating a climate of antagonism and to legitimising racist violence ,” said Grazia Naletto, the manager of migration policies and racial discrimination of the Lunaria association, which publishes quarterly provides information on the number of racially motivated attacks in Italy FTAG 1 TT

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SPTAG 1 TT Protesters in Rome prove their opposition to the anti-immigration policies of Matteo Salvini. Photograph: Antonio Masiello/ Getty Images
RTAG 8 TT” We are facing a dangerous acceleration of episodes of violence against migrants ,” Naletto said.
RTAG 9 TTThe group ATAG 6 TTrecorded nine assaults on immigrants between 1 June and 1 August 2017, FTAG 2 TT ATAG 7 TT

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SPTAG 2 TT Italian discus thrower Daisy Osakue. Photo: Alessandro Di Marco/ EPA
RTAG 20 TT” Statements against migrants, almost always coupled with fake news, seem to have legitimised the use of violence against asylum seekers, who are often cast as parasites and invaders ,” said Yvan Sagnet, a Cameroonian anti-racism activist and president of the No Cap association, which opposes to improve the rights of immigrant workers.” I have never seen anything like this before in this country and I don't see an easy way out.”
RTAG 21 TTThere were clues of the violence to come when, on 3 February in Macerata, a few months before national elections, Luca Traini opened fire on six immigrants, wounding all of them. Extreme rightwing paraphernalia was found in his home, including a copy of Mein Kampf. A year earlier, Traini had been a League candidate in local elections in Corridonia. FTAG 3 TT ATAG 9 TT DTAG 3 TT RTAG 22 TT IMG 4 TT
SPTAG 3 TT Far-right radical Luca Traini shot and wounded six migrants in Macerata. Photograph: EPA
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