GETTY Matteo Salvini said parts of Milan were now "controlled" by migrants

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Matteo Salvini, the outspoken leader of the anti-migrant and anti-Euro group, said parts of Italy’s most populous city ware now “neither Italy nor Europe” - following what he called an “organised invasion”. He said: “I walked around Milan this morning and some areas of the city are neither Italy nor Europe. They are totally controlled by immigrants. “The problem is to block an organised invasion that is producing the ethnic cleansing of Italians and Europeans. In a year we'll be talking about hundreds of thousands of people arriving."

He disparaged new control measures introduced in recent weeks, including spot checks for documents, as not enough. He said: “Better late than never, as Lega asked it for years. The problem is that if a thousand immigrants arrive daily, and they only expel one person per day, those checks will never be enough. “Arrivals should be stopped because dealing with the people that are already here is worrying and more than enough. If they continue to arrive, spot checks on refugees will not be useful.”

GETTY An anti-government rally following a huge increase in migrants arriving in Italy

Last week at a pro-police rally, Mr Salving said it was time to “free” Italian cities from migrants - amid growing concern following a huge increase in migrant numbers in the country. He said: “We need to free the cities of illegal immigrants -let’s give the police a free hand." The migrant crisis has worsened in Italy this year, with 25,000 people every month now arriving on flimsy boats traveling across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa.

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The huge influx makes a 12 per cent increase on 2015, according to European Union border agency Frontex. More than 140,000 migrants are now housed in Italian shelters, a seven-fold increase on 2013, with the migrant now crisis in its third year.

NC Matteo Salvini said migrants were orchestrating an "organised invasion" of Milan and other cities

David Miliband, a former British foreign minister who now heads the International Rescue Committee, added: "This is not a blip. "The forces that are driving more and more people from their homes - weak states, big tumults within the Islamic world, a divided international system. None of these things are likely to abate soon."

GETTY Huge numbers of migrants are now stuck at border towns in the north of Italy