Calls to close migrant detention centre in Rome after inmate ‘suicide’

A view of a migrants repatriation centre in Ponte Galeria, in the outskirts of Rome (Valentina Stefanelli/AP)

Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a Rome migrant detention centre where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month.

Visiting opposition senators have decried “undignified” conditions for people ordered to leave Italy but awaiting repatriation.