“Jail bus” for irregular migrants

Alert DateMay 30, 2008 Country: Italy Address: Milan General Type: Discrimination, Institutional discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Policing - law enforcement, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Public Discourse, Political Discourse

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Victims Gender Male, Female
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Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Italian
Perpetrator Gender Male, Female
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Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

In Milan (...) a special corps of the municipal police conducted mass checks on all non Italian passengers of public transport to spot irregular migrants. Passengers without a valid document were brought to the police station for further inspections on a bus with windows with iron grating, known as the “jail bus”. The municipal police of Milan “specialised in clandestine hunting”, as referred to by some media sources, carried out the mass identity checks also at bus stops, targeting visible ethnic minorities.

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