Dozens of Migrants refused entry into France went on hunger strike Saturday at the border crossing in Ventimiglia in Italy, where they organised a sit-in and threatened to block traffic. French border police told AFP they had been ordered **t to let through the migrants, many of whom came from Somalia, Eritrea, the Ivory Coast and Sudan, and hoped to travel onwards to Germany, Britain or Sweden to request asylum. Curled up on pieces of cardboard, sheltering where possible under trees and bushes, men, women and children who had made the journey from Libya by boat to Italy said they would block traffic if they were **t allowed to pass.
06-25-2015, 06:49 PM
Migrants in hunger strike at France-Italy border
Dozens of Migrants refused entry into France went on hunger strike Saturday at the border crossing in Ventimiglia in Italy, where they organised a sit-in and threatened to block traffic. French border police told AFP they had been ordered **t to let through the migrants, many of whom came from Somalia, Eritrea, the Ivory Coast and Sudan, and hoped to travel onwards to Germany, Britain or Sweden to request asylum. Curled up on pieces of cardboard, sheltering where possible under trees and bushes, men, women and children who had made the journey from Libya by boat to Italy said they would block traffic if they were **t allowed to pass.
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