Parts of Rome are being turned into a 'no-go area' because of concerns about security and sanitation linked to the huge surge of migrants in the city, local businesses have claimed.

Migrants camping near Rome's Tiburtina station have been forcibly cleared by police amid protests by local businesses.

As the build-up of refugees at the Italian capital's train station increased, it led to ugly clashes with police, an outcry from the right and fresh calls from Rome for EU help.

There are health and sanitation concerns at Rome's Tiburtina station caused by refugees sleeping outside

Refugees outside the train station in the Italian capital which has led to protests from local businesses

A growing number of migrants have gathered together at the station which has put increasing pressure on Italy

In Rome, a former canteen is now being fixed up to accommodate the migrants away from the station's main traffic.

The railway has also agreed to renovate another space nearby as a more permanent solution to tackle the ever-growing problem.

Health officials said there have been more than 100 cases of scabies in recent days and 500 since the beginning of the year.

Hundreds of migrants, mostly Eritreans arriving from southern Italy after being rescued at sea, have also been sleeping in and around Milan's Central Station.

Officials last week closed a migrant reception area overlooking the city train station's main entrance hall because of increasing health and sanitation concerns.

Giorgio Ciconali, a doctor working at Milan Central, said: 'There is a lot of scabies and it is being spread by them sleeping rough together, but there is nothing to worry about for people passing through the station.'

Migrants have also been forced to sleep outside the station overnight, as officials decide how best to shelter the desperate refugees.

The mayor of Milan Giuliano Pisapia said: 'You can see that at the Central Station there is no more degradation.

'Now we have to resolve the problem as regards the refugees to have a situation that doesn't give the image of people sleeping on the ground without the assistance we had hoped for.'

Refugees congregate together outside Rome's Tiburtina station as the country struggles to bring the immigration crisis under control

A toddler snoozes in one of the temporary shelters that has been put up around the train station in Rome

Italy has long complained that its European partners are shirking their responsibilities and leaving southern Mediterranean countries to handle the migrant emergency without effective support

Hundreds of migrants, mostly Eritreans arriving from southern Italy after being rescued at sea, have been sleeping in and around train stations at Rome and Milan

A refugee takes a seat outside Rome's train station as the immigration crisis in the country worsens

The country is struggling to accommodate an endless wave of boat migrants, and a crackdown on security at the borders with France and Austria has exacerbated the situation, causing a bottleneck at Italy's train stations.

The Schengen open borders accord means migrants landing in Italy can usually easily travel through neighbouring France, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia as they seek to make it to Britain, Germany and Scandinavia.

But last week's G7 suspension of Schengen and a growing number of spot checks on buses and trains has made that harder, increasing the pressure on Italy, where reception facilities are at breaking point with some 76,000 people being accommodated nationwide.

Last weekend alone, nearly 6,000 people were plucked from the sea and taken to southern Italy, in a major international operation.

Officials last week closed a migrant reception area overlooking Milan's train station's main entrance hall (pictured) because of increasing health and sanitation concerns

There are health concerns in Milan train station because of hundreds of migrants huddled close together

Italy's left-centre Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has urged the EU to do more to take in refugees from Italy and said a recent plan to relocate 24,000 immigrants to other European countries was 'not enough'.

Austria and Switzerland have followed France in tightening controls and returning migrants, putting even greater pressure on Italy.

Mr Renzi said: 'Let me be clear, Europe's answers so far have not been good enough.'

Italy has long complained that its European partners are shirking their responsibilities and leaving southern Mediterranean countries to handle the migrant emergency without effective support.

He has now said Italy will 'hurt' Europe if it turns a blind eye to the migrant crisis and will implement a 'Plan B' to resolve the problem.

He did not specify what options he was considering, but it has been suggested that Rome could start issuing newly arrived migrants with temporary visas giving them the right to travel throughout Europe's border-free Schengen zone.

Such a move would be politically explosive as it would undermine the Dublin accords under which EU governments agreed asylum requests should be processed by the member state where the applicant first arrived.

Italy is also considering preventing British, French, German and other naval ships from landing migrants rescued in the Mediterranean at its ports, effectively forcing those countries to accept responsibility for them.

A group of around 50 huddle together on rocks by the sea under a bleak grey sky in Ventimiglia, a town right on the border with France

Italian police moved in yesterday to disperse around 200 migrants who were staging a sit-in at a border crossing with France after French police refused to let them enter the country

Migrants gather at the Franco-Italian border near Menton, southeastern France today in the hopes of being allowed to cross

Italian police dispersed a protest by around 200 migrants at the Italy-France border outside Ventimiglia yesterday - the country has said its EU neighbours are shirking their responsibility

Officers in riot gear with shields pushed the migrants back towards the town, three miles from the border on the Italian side

The influx of migrants has also fuelled support for right-wing politicians who oppose immigration.

Yesterday, the president of Lombardy, Roberto Maroni, said his region would not take in any more migrants. He also threatened to cut funding for local authorities who continued to accept migrants.

His stance was supported by Luca Zaia, the president of Veneto and a member of the Northern League.

He said the sight of African migrants would have a 'devastating effect' on the country's tourism industry.

He was also backed by Giovanni Toti, the newly-elected president of the Liguria region and a member of Forza Italia.

The three northern regions are among the most affluent in Italy, and have so far accommodated around 15 per cent of the latest migrant influx.

Sicily, a relatively poor southern region with high unemployment, has accommodated 22 per cent.

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has urged the EU to do more to take in refugees from Italy and said a recent plan to relocate 24,000 immigrants to other European countries was 'not enough'

Elsewhere, a group of around 50 migrants wrapped in emergency blankets are huddled together in Ventimiglia, a town right on the border with France.

Italian police moved in yesterday to disperse around 200 migrants who were staging a sit-in at a border crossing after French police refused to let them enter the country.

The men in these pictures slipped away from the police cordon and took refuge on rocks near the border post.

Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said today the pictures represent a 'punch in the face for Europe'.

'It is the proof that they do not want to stay in Italy. They want to go to (other parts of) Europe and they consider our country as a transit country,' Alfano told the Raitre television channel.