GETTY Far-right group CasaPound has put up propaganda posters branding immigrants as cowards

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More than 10 different different propaganda posters branding immigrants as cowards who “do not deserve respect” were put up in hundreds of towns – including Milan, Rome and Venice by the far-right group CasaPound. One poster read: “Those who flee war, abandoning wives, parents and children along the way, do not deserve respect.”

GETTY One of the ten different posters read refugees 'do not deserve respect'

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A CasaPound spokesperson said: “Our message may come as a shock to some people.

Those who flee war, abandoning wives, parents and children along the way, do not deserve respect CasaPound poster

“But if you are not a hypocrite and are willing to face the truth, then you will know that those who abandon their homelands and their families to save their own lives do not deserve the same respect as those who choose to fight for their country.” With more than 6,000 members nationwide, the Italian fascist group does not have broad popular support. Its members have, however, formed a close alliance with Italy’s anti-immigrant, anti-EU Northern League, a party led by Matteo Salvini, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump.

GETTY The Italian fascist group has over 6,000 members nation wide