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Austria To Set Migrant Ceiling

Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten poses the question "Sealed border?" on its front page Thursday, after the government announced plans to limit the number of migrants allowed in the country.

An estimated 90,000 asylum seekers registered in 8-million-strong Austria last year, with tens of thousands more crossing the country for Germany. Austrian authorities revealed plans Wednesday to establish a ceiling of 37,500 migrants for this year, adding that the country would agree to welcome a maximum of 127,500 people by 2019. The newspaper characterized the measures as a "return to the 1960s."

Meanwhile, German Pesident Joachim Gauck has increased pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to impose quotas there too. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos Wednesday, he said that "a limitation strategy may even be both morally and politically necessary," warning that "if democrats do not want to talk about limitations, then populists and xenophobes will ultimately set a limit."

Last year alone, Germany welcomed an estimated 1.1 million asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and North Africa, and widespread sexual attacks perpetrated recently by migrants have boosted calls for a policy change.

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Giulia Cecchetin, An Italian Murder That Epitomizes 21st-Century Femicide

Cecchettin was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in northern Italy, a murder case that has quickly turned into a political movement. The supposed motive is chilling in what it says about the current state of male-dominated society.

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Turin, Italy: A moment of the march in the streets of Turin after the feminicide of 22 years-old Giulia Cecchettin by his ex boyfriend Filippo Turetta on November 21, 2023.

Annalisa Camilli

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ROME — On November 11, Giulia Cecchettin and her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta went missing after meeting for dinner. For a week, Italians followed the case in hopes that the story would end with two lovers returning home after going on an adventure — but women knew better.

As the days went by, more details of their relationship started to come to light. Filippo had been a jealous, possessive boyfriend, he had not dealt with Giulia's decision to break up very well, and he constantly hounded her to get back together.

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When Giulia's body was found at the bottom of a lake in the northern region of Veneto, with 20 stab wounds, Italians were not surprised, but they were fed up. Vigils, demonstrations and protests spread throughout the country: Giulia Cecchettin's death, Italy's 105th case of femicide for the year 2023, finally opened a breach of pain and anger into public opinion. But why this case, why now?

It was Elena Cecchettin, Giulia's sister, who played a vital role. At the end of a torchlight procession, the 24-year-old university student took the floor and did something people weren't expecting: she turned private grief into a political movement. Elena distanced herself from the role of the victim and took on the responsibility for a future change.

"Filippo is not a monster; a monster is an exception, someone external to society, someone society should not take responsibility for. But here that responsibility exists," she said confidently, leaving everyone breathless.

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