The average length of stay in reception centres has increased over the past year too, from six days to 20. More migrants than bedsThis means there are now more migrants than there are beds at the reception centres. As well as new arrivals transferred to Milan from reception centres across the country, the city is facing the task of accommodating those sent back from the country's borders with France, Austria and Switzerland. Story continues below…Over the weekend, 200 migrants, who had managed to swim across the border to France, were sent back to Italy. The situation there has been calmer in recent months after hundreds of Italian officers were dispatched to guard the crossing.

Source: The Local August 09, 2016 14:38 UTC