African migrants in Italy

Emmanuel Chidi, a 36 years old Nigerian migrant died on Wednesday in Italy from injuries he sustained in a racist attack by a right-wing football fan in small town of Paolo Calcinora the previous day.

Reports indicated that Chidi was walking with his girlfriend in the town centre on Tuesday, when supporters of a local football club began to heap racial abuses on them, according to Agi news agency

The abuse degenerated into a fight and Chidi was brutally beaten on the head until he fell to the ground.

He never recovered consciousness and died in hospital on Wednesday.

“As mayor of a town that is welcoming and open to integration, I feel I’m living in a nightmare,” the town’s mayor said.

According to reports, Chidi had been living in a shelter run by Catholic charity Caritas in the area for eight months.

According to reports, his girlfriend had lost her baby after a perilous Mediterranean crossing.

Hundreds of migrants arrive daily in Italy. The Italian interior ministry said last week that a total of 70,930 people landed between January and June 2016