An illegal migrant from Guinea
| ...oddly enough, the top ten African countries for deportees from Germany are: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Cameroon. Presumably, Guinea is up there for Italy, too... |
Mosua Balde, 23, was attacked by three men on May 9 in Ventimiglia, a seaside town near the French border, while reportedly begging near a supermarket.
The incident caused nationwide consternation, as footage of the beating was posted on the internet and widely shared on social media.
The next day, police identified the three assailants, reporting them for prosecution but stopping short of arresting them, and also acted against Balde.
After being treated in hospital, the migrant was given an expulsion order and taken to a detention centre in Turin, as he was found to have no legal residency papers.
'It all happened in less than 24 hours,' his lawyer Gianluca Vitale said.
"I could barely have time to stir up the rubes and hold a press conference!"
Balde, who was in solitary confinement for unspecified 'medical reasons', was found dead in his room on Sunday morning, Vitale said, adding that he had killed himself.
The migrant was a failed asylum seeker who had been living in Italia near the French border for some time, and previously also spent some time in La Belle France, Vitale said.
The lawyer, who last met him on Friday, said he was trying to see whether there were grounds to stop his expulsion order and help him re-apply for asylum.
'Unfortunately, we didn't have time to do it', he said.
Italia is often the first port of call for African
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing.... Many of them seek to travel on to wealthier countries in northern Europe.