Milan seeks help managing huge influx of migrants

Milan city officials have appealed for help in managing the huge number of migrants arriving from southern Italy after rescue at sea, as rising numbers are unable to find beds and are sleeping in the train station.

According to the Progetto Arca charity, about 350 migrants have slept in and around the station the last two nights because of a lack of beds in city-organised centres. The Red Cross dispatched a team in response to reports of scabies among migrants, “given the very serious situation in Milan’s Central Station where hundreds of migrants are staying in the entrance hall.”

The city’s top welfare official, Pierfrancesco Majorino, appealed to station officials to provide space for new arrivals to receive assistance and rest away from the main arrivals hall.