Italy: Shocking rape cases involving migrants leads League party politicians to call for 'chemical castration
The high-profile sexual assaults comes at a time when Italy has already experienced a drastic 150 percent increase in illegal migrants arriving at the country's coast. Seen as a major policy failure by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's left-wing government, the lax border controls along with the rape allegations could add fuel to anti-migration sentiment before regional elections on Sept. 20 and 21, potentially dealing the ruling government a severe electoral blow.
Wave of rapes on Aug. 15 involving migrants
On Aug. 15, a 15-year-old Italian girl was raped by two "unaccompanied minors" from on Lignano beach while a third migrant male watched on without stopping the crime. Two of the males were from Albania and the third was from Egypt.
Italy
has been hit with a wave of rape allegations involving migrants,
including victims ranging from a 15-year-old girl to a 69-year-old
woman, which has prompted politicians from Matteo Salvini's League party
to call for "chemical castration" for those who are convicted of such
crimes.
The high-profile sexual assaults comes at a time when Italy has already experienced a drastic 150 percent increase in illegal migrants arriving at the country's coast. Seen as a major policy failure by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's left-wing government, the lax border controls along with the rape allegations could add fuel to anti-migration sentiment before regional elections on Sept. 20 and 21, potentially dealing the ruling government a severe electoral blow.
Albania and the third was from Egypt.
The League party governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga, referencing the case said, “The State must prove itself absolutely inflexible in the face of so much inhumanity and use extreme penalties to prevent similar episodes from repeating themselves in the future. For the crime of rape, I want to say it clearly: I am in favor of chemical castration."
Pierpaolo Roberti, the League party's security councilor of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, also echoed the sentiments of Giulia, saying, "More controls and stricter measures, up to chemical castration for those who commit crimes of a sexual nature, need to be considered."
The high-profile sexual assaults comes at a time when Italy has already experienced a drastic 150 percent increase in illegal migrants arriving at the country's coast. Seen as a major policy failure by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's left-wing government, the lax border controls along with the rape allegations could add fuel to anti-migration sentiment before regional elections on Sept. 20 and 21, potentially dealing the ruling government a severe electoral blow.
Albania and the third was from Egypt.
The League party governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga, referencing the case said, “The State must prove itself absolutely inflexible in the face of so much inhumanity and use extreme penalties to prevent similar episodes from repeating themselves in the future. For the crime of rape, I want to say it clearly: I am in favor of chemical castration."
Pierpaolo Roberti, the League party's security councilor of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, also echoed the sentiments of Giulia, saying, "More controls and stricter measures, up to chemical castration for those who commit crimes of a sexual nature, need to be considered."
Despite the shocking nature of the
crime, it was only one of three rapes committed by migrants just on
Aug. 15. On the same night as the 15-year-old's ordeal, a 40-year-old woman said that she was kidnapped, beaten and raped by a Tunisian migrant in Venice.
The woman said she was originally visiting the historical center of Venice with some friends when she met the Tunisian man, who convinced her to come to his home, which was an abandoned building in the Arsenal district. Once inside, she said he forcibly raped and beat her all night.
The woman escaped from the man's apartment completely naked where she then ran to a nearby bar and called the police.
She was transported to a hospital where she was interviewed by the police who quickly located and arrested the Tunisian suspect, who is believed to have seized her clothing to prevent her from leaving his residence. The suspect is currently in Santa Maria Maggiore prison and awaiting trial.
A third incident also occurred on Aug. 15, which saw police accusing a 21-year-old foreigner from Sierra Leone of raping a woman in her 20s in Rome. The young woman says went to his house with some friends but allegedly felt sick and asked to lay on his bed. After falling asleep, police say he sexually assaulted her. She managed to wriggle from his grasp and inform police who subsequently arrested him.
The woman said she was originally visiting the historical center of Venice with some friends when she met the Tunisian man, who convinced her to come to his home, which was an abandoned building in the Arsenal district. Once inside, she said he forcibly raped and beat her all night.
The woman escaped from the man's apartment completely naked where she then ran to a nearby bar and called the police.
She was transported to a hospital where she was interviewed by the police who quickly located and arrested the Tunisian suspect, who is believed to have seized her clothing to prevent her from leaving his residence. The suspect is currently in Santa Maria Maggiore prison and awaiting trial.
A third incident also occurred on Aug. 15, which saw police accusing a 21-year-old foreigner from Sierra Leone of raping a woman in her 20s in Rome. The young woman says went to his house with some friends but allegedly felt sick and asked to lay on his bed. After falling asleep, police say he sexually assaulted her. She managed to wriggle from his grasp and inform police who subsequently arrested him.
More sexual crimes in just the last month
On Aug. 8, shortly after 9:00 a.m., a 67-year-old woman was raped by a 28-year-old migrant while riding on a train from Rome to Avezzano. After the man forced himself on her, staff on the train were alerted by her screams. They managed to detain the suspect until police arrived. The 28-year-old migrant, who had lived in Italy for five years, was arrested for aggravated sexual assault.
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