In Italy, thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome in rival anti- and pro-migration demonstrations yesterday, after an initiative seeking sweeping measures against migrants garnered enough support to be brought to Parliament. A petition by the initiative, named “Remigration and Reconquest,” gathered the 50,000 signatures needed to trigger parliamentary discussion. No date has been scheduled yet for a vote.

The proposal calls for sweeping measures targeting foreigners, including coercive returns and incentives to leave Italy. Several thousand demonstrators from around Italy gathered for the anti-migration march, singing the national anthem. A rival, pro-migration demonstration saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets in another part of Rome last evening. Thousands of police were deployed to ensure the two rival groups would remain apart. No violence was reported.