"JUST IN: Italy begins dumping migrants at the door of the Vatican City after Pope Francis said it is a 'sin' to 'reject migrants,'" says a November 20, 2024 X post from an account claiming to share satirical content, calling itself the US Ministry of Truth. Old imagesThe images used in the posts supposedly showing migrants moving into Vatican City are over half a decade old. Vatican City's official news service also maintains a live video feed of the Square, and it shows no evidence of migrants being "dumped" in the city (archived here). Maurizio Albahari, a migrant and refugee mobility expert and associate professor of anthropology at Notre Dame University (archived here), said moving irregular migrants to Vatican City is not part of Italian government policy and "will likely never be." Vatican City has one of the most stringent residency and citizenship programs in Europe.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2024 08:53 UTC