30 juin 2020
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Anna Finiguerra, « 3. Ventimiglia: A Waxing and Waning Geography of Solidarity Activism », Graduate Institute Publications, ID : 10.4000/books.iheid.7687
On June 12th, 2015, the French police forces at the border between Ventimiglia and Menton, specifically at the checkpoint by the coastline, the so called frontiera bassa in the locality of Ponte San Luigi, refused entry to all migrants seeking to cross from Italy into France. Stuck right in front of the border, but with no way of crossing it, around 200 people took up signs and started protesting, with the help of a few local citizens who supported their cause by bringing food, water, beach p...