First eviction of the Salvini era in Rome, via Raffaele Costi in Tor Cervara, East area. The operation took place without revolts or resistance by the occupants of the building.
It is a building located in via Raffaele Costi, Tor Cervara area, where they lived illegally around 120 people. About forty people (including a dozen children), who were in the building, have been identified and their position is now examined by the immigration office.
The blitz of the mobile police departments of the State, Carabinieri and local police, coordinated by the Rome Police Headquarters, is around the 8. The property, privately owned, had been occupied in the 2014. In a survey in June, there were people from 270, including Central Africans, Roma and some Italians.
Mario De Sclavis, manager of Roma Capitale, spoke at the RaiNews24 microphones and declared that "The situation was no longer sustainable and had become intolerable at the health level. Social services have already taken care of people with frailty and children and housing has been set up for these people ".
The Rome Police Headquarters reported that various gas cylinders were found and secured on site, while the Capitol social services are offering alternative housing solutions to people with fragility.
"The situation was no longer sustainable and had become intolerable at the health level. Social services have already taken care of people with frailty and children and accommodation has been set up for these people, "said Mario De Sclavis, manager of Roma Capitale, at the microphone of RaiNews24. Now the Ama will proceed to clean up the area but, from now on, it will be up to the owner of the building to take care of supervision to avoid being occupied again.
The Union of tenants, with a press release issued this morning, has asked for guarantees from local authorities, "We expect the commitment of the Region and the municipality to relocate the families that are undergoing the eviction this morning. Mayor and Prefect, was the Census made as required by the Minniti Decree? Region, have we defined what are the families in economic social hardship to protect? What accommodations are available? We also await a project to recover the building, but also a mapping and recovery of abandoned buildings to degradation, otherwise the housing issue remains only propaganda ".