Italian mayor [Domenico Lucano] once feted for migrant integration gets [13]-year jail term

sentenced to [13] years and two months of jail on Thursday for irregularities in managing the asylum seekers in his town

September 30, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italian-mayor-once-feted-migrant-integration-gets-13-year-jail-term-2021-09-30/

primary school reopened; [13] refugee children now sit in class next to eight kids born in Riace

Pope Francis: “admiration and gratitude for his [Domenico Lucano’s] intelligence and courage deployed on behalf of our brother and sister refugees.”

On October 16, Lucano’s house arrest was revoked and he was banished from the town where he grew up and served as mayor. This form of banishment — divieto di dimora — is normally reserved for mafia bosses.

October 30, 2018

https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/immigration/why-italy-arrested-and-banished-a-famous-pro-refugee-mayor/

Domenico Lucano, the mayor of Riace in southern Italy, a village of 1,800 people, made a name for himself by welcoming 450 migrants. Lucano, a communist sympathizer according to Le Monde, has been arrested for facilitating illegal immigration and organizing fake marriages so migrants can get residence papers.

October 17, 2018

https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/victory-italian-style/

Italian mayor arrested for enabling illegal migration

More than 300 citizens of Riace’s 2,000 inhabitants currently are immigrants

listed by Fortune as one of the world’s top 50 leaders in 2016.

October 2, 2016

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/italian-mayor-arrested-for-enabling-illegal-migration-1.3649518