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In this photo taken on Sunday, July 15, 2018, asylum seeker from Mali, Moriba Mamadou Diarra, 18, shares a light moment with Barbara Di Clemente, 79-year-old Italian grandmother, at a sports centre near their home, in Rome. Di Clemente has been hosting Diarra in her home for a few months now, through a program called &quot;Refugees Welcome&quot; where Italian families can apply to open their homes and host young refugees in need. (AP Photo/Simone Somekh)

Opening door to migrants, some Italians defy government line

By SIMONE SOMEKH - Associated Press

This Sunday, June 24, 2018 photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard shows migrants on a ship intercepted offshore near the town of Gohneima, east of the capital, Tripoli. There were four boats, boarding 490 African migrants including 75 women and 21 children, Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said. (Libyan Coast Guard via AP)

Italian minister emboldened by Libya visit, migration curbs

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Activists lay on the ground to mark World Refugee Day during a protest in Madrid, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

The Latest: Reports: Europe to toughen migrant checks

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Italy, Austria signal new hard-line axis on migration

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

CORRECTS NAME OF BOAT This undated photo released by by French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot; on Monday June 11, 2018 and posted on it's Twitter account, shows migrants aboard SOS Mediterranee's Aquarius ship and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy and Malta dug in for a second day and refused to let the rescue ship Aquarius with 629 people aboard dock in their ports, leaving the migrants at sea as a diplomatic standoff escalated under Italy's new anti-immigrant government. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

Migrant boat low on food as Italy-Malta standoff escalates

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Luigi Di Maio, leader of Italy's 5-Star movement, is in talks with Matteo Salvini of the League to form a populist and anti-immigrant alliance. (Associated Press)

Italy government alliance clashes with EU ideology

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Matteo Salvini celebrated preliminary election results, in Milan, Italy, on Monday after his Northern League eclipsed Silvio Berlusconi's center-right Forza Italia in the vote. (Associated Press)

Matteo Salvini pulls Italy’s right wing fringe party to power center

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times