On Wednesday 11 October, French MEP Damien Carême (Greens/EFA) carried out an observation mission at the Franco-Italian border between Menton and Ventimiglia, where he noted breaches of European law, particularly with regard to the application of the ‘Returns’ Directive to people arriving from Lampedusa, he told EUROPE on Thursday 12 October.
Questioned by local associations, he went to see how these people are looked after and then deported to Italy, while France refuses them...