Refugees face tough controls at Italy-France border

Hundreds of French police have been deployed to the borders after an increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Italy. Government figures for this year are seven times higher than last year. French police say they return hundreds of people to Italy every day.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen has more from the city of Ventimiglia, Italy.

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