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Last year, the fascist party sparked outrage when it plastered thousands of anti migrant posters on the walls of several cities, among them Rome, Milan and Venice.
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In December last year, party leader Matteo Salvini told an election rally that if he won the upcoming vote, his government would provide many refugees and migrants with “a one way ticket to send them back”.
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As a result of moves by Italian and European Union officials, some 18,000 refugees and migrants were trapped in Libya, a war torn country where many have been forced into open slave markets and where torture has become widespread.