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In Bologna there was a "temporary" immigration reception centre next to an active tobacco factory. The factory's fumes affected the immigrants, especially the youngest, and after only three months half of the habitants exhibited the first symptoms of asthma. Italians, who had lived there before, were sent away exactly for this reason.

A demonstration for Immigrant's rights in 2001 brought the issue to light.

The immigration center was destructed 10 years later.