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Title: Enjoying your European vacation? Tourists visiting Lake Como are forced to step over migrants at the train station rather than mingle with the Clooneys as up to 500 are sent back to Italy from Switzerland
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URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... 00-sent-Italy-Switzerland.html
Published: Sep 1, 2016
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2016-09-01 23:44:27 by Horse
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Swiss authorities have effectively shut their border to asylum seekers Would-be asylum seekers used to board a train in Como to Switzerland Now 300 to 500 migrants have been returned from Switzerland to Como Italian authorities have approved a tent camp in the town to house them They came for an idyllic getaway in Italy's picturesque Lake Como where A-list stars such as George Clooney own property. But tourists may have been shocked to find that the northern Italian town was not just busy with sun seekers this August - it's also become a temporary home for up to 500 migrants who've been turned away from Switzerland. Covering the path outside Lake Como's train station are sleeping bags and the few possessions belonging to the refugees. Tourists are pictured sitting alongside the migrants' makeshift beds with their luggage as they wait for trains. The pictures come after residents in the town last week expressed their concern over the growing numbers of migrants camping out while looking to slip over the border into Switzerland. Swiss authorities have effectively shut their border to asylum seekers forcing the men, women and children to sleep out in the beautiful Italian town. Prior to June, would-be asylum seekers could board a train in Como and cross the border into Switzerland and seek refuge. Now, they are stuck and local politicians fear the situation is getting worse. Poster Comment: Continues with more photos at source. I do not feel sorry for George Clooney. 
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