Rome rallies draw thousands over migration proposal (opens in new tab)

Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome on Saturday in rival demonstrations over migration policy after the far-right citizens’ initiative “Remigration and Reconquest” gathered the 50,000 signatures needed to trigger parliamentary discussion in Italy. The initiative calls for measures targeting foreigners, including coercive returns and incentives to leave Italy, while critics said the proposal could also affect legal residents. Several thousand people joined the anti-migration march in t...