“It’s necessary to do a study to see how many they are,” he says. “Illegal immigrants will be expelled and we will unfortunately leave the Italian gypsies.” Salvini has denounced that Gypsy children are “criminals and thieves” in a radio station and has also indicated that he will intervene in prison policy because “we want to expel foreign prisoners from Italy”.

Anti-Gypsy and anti-immigration policies are the priorities of the Minister of the Interior, including the elimination of Gypsy nomad camps.