Sunday Sport

Mayor’s call for migrants to be banned from buses

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A MAYOR who ordered refugees to avoid using the same buses as local schoolchil­dren has stood by his decision.

Pierangelo Oliviero held a meeting with the bus company and the owners of the hotel where 40 refugees are currently staying, to request the migrants use a different bus.

Oliviero, mayor of Calizzano, northern Italy, said migrants were crowding kids off the early morning bus and making them late for school.

But the head of the Democratic Party in Liguria, Raffaella Paita, condemned Oliviero’s decision, calling it “shameful” and comparing it to the segregatio­n in America in the early 20th century.

She said: “Those who speak of apartheid are right. Problems are not resolved by discrimina­ting against people.”

However, Oliviero pointed out that he had not imposed an outright ban, but merely suggested that refugees avoid using the crowded bus which commuters and students were forced to take.

He said: “It’s simply a matter of common sense.”

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