InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/14
After several road accidents involving migrant farmworkers, street lights in the plain of Gioia Tauro, southern Italy, are being repaired. The Italian interior ministry says it is working with local authorities on improving public transport in the area and providing migrants with items such as safety vests.
The Italian interior ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, January 13, that work is being completed in the plain of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, to repair street lights. The roads were reportedly also cleaned.
The prefecture of Reggio Calabria held several meetings recently to address road safety, after migrants were injured and even killed in several accidents recently.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/11
Authorities in Reggio Calabria (southern Italy) decided to strengthen security measures in relation to road accidents in the Gioia Tauro plain in which migrants were victims.
The committee for order and public safety in the Gioia Tauro plain ordered a strengthening of security measures after migrants who live in the area were recently victims of road accidents.
The committee met on 8 January and established initiatives aimed at increasing security conditions in the area. The mayors of Rosarno and San Ferdinando participated in the meeting along with senior members of the provincial police forces.
Following the meeting, a video conference took place with union representatives and members of the associations MEDU (Doctors for Human Rights - Italy), Emergency, and the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy.