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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Under the scorching sun on Italy’s Adriatic coast, a group of friends from Bangladesh are practising their cricket skills on a small patch of concrete.

They are playing on the outskirts of Monfalcone, close to Trieste airport, because they have in effect been banned by the mayor from playing in the town itself.

The ban on cricket has come to symbolise the deep-seated tensions that are flaring up in Monfalcone.

The town has an ethnic make-up unique in Italy: of a population of just over 30,000, nearly a third are foreigners. Most of them are Bangladeshi Muslims who began to arrive in the late 1990s to build giant cruise-ships.

As a consequence the cultural essence of Monfalcone is in danger, according to mayor Anna Maria Cisint, who belongs to the far-right League party.

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[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago

Brown people doing things in public? Send out the cops!!!!

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

‘…… who belongs to the far right ‘league’ party’ - well there’s your problem

[-] Jews4Palestine@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

Well that's just not cricket.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

About as subtle as a brick to the bollocks.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

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[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip -5 points 1 month ago

These bold text is not bold in the article. Why did you do it?

[-] ilmagico@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

If I have to guess, because nobody but a racist party like the league would do such a thing, so it's a pretty important detail. Then again, I agree it should specify "emphasis mine" or something...

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