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Inside Europe: Meet the African migrant shaping Italy's anti-migrant policy

Angelo van Schaik
March 29, 2019

Italy’s populist government has introduced tough migration laws since coming to power around a year ago. That legislation has been widely criticized by humanitarian groups and migration experts. But the Senator shaping Italy's migration policy is himself an migrant. Toni Iwobi was born in Nigeria, and is Italy's first black senator. Angelo van Schaik met him at the Italian senate in Rome.

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