Pro-refugee Italian mayor sentenced to 13 years for abetting illegal migration

Domenico Lucano, who welcomed migrants to tiny town of Riace, also convicted of irregularlities'

The former mayor of an Italian town who revitalised his community by welcoming and integrating migrants has been sentenced to more than 13 years in jail for abetting illegal migration and for irregularities" in managing the asylum seekers.

Domenico Lucano, 63, known locally as Mimmo, the former mayor of Riace, a tiny hilltop town in the southern Calabria region, was put under house arrest in 2018 for allegedly abetting illegal immigration, embezzlement, and fraud.