Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said in a statement that property seized from the mafia could be used to house Ukrainian refugees.
Italian authorities are listing properties seized from the mafia to house arriving Ukrainian refugees, the interior minister said on Monday. Luciana Lamorgese said in a statement that the agency that manages property seized from the mafia has begun to study properties “that can be used in the short term, even temporarily, to accommodate refugees from Ukraine”.
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Some 17,286 Ukrainians, mostly women and children, have arrived in Italy since the Russian army began its offensive in Ukraine on February 24, according to the Interior Ministry. Although most of these refugees have found refuge with relatives and friends, private and public initiatives have been reported in the country to organize the accommodation of many others.
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“This is the beginning. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are coming and we have to live up to it,” left-wing Democratic party leader Enrico Letta said on Monday. “We must also be prepared to welcome Russians who are fleeing Russia, this country which is increasingly turning into a prison,” he added.
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