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The CGTP union said tens of thousands marched in Lisbon on October 17. A housing protest camp set up afterwards in Rossio square was removed by police before dawn on Tuesday, with detentions reported.
Demonstrations that began at a Paris high school on September 17 have been followed by protests in Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Albania. Reporters and analysts describe shared grievances but separate, uncoordinated movements.
Partisan outlets and a Lega senator described the Milan rioters as migrants. Police figures reported by Reuters show foreign nationals as a minority of those arrested, while several outlets report that many of those involved came from immigrant families, some of them born in Italy.
A cost-of-living march in Milan on October 17 was followed by two days of looting, fires and clashes with police. Police and prosecutors describe most of those held as minors who acted without any organisation behind them.
Protests that began outside the Education Ministry on October 12 have spread to other cities. Buildings including the Supreme Court have been set on fire, and police and health officials report hundreds injured, most of them officers.
Police used tear gas and water cannon on October 17 in both cities, where students have been protesting since October 1 against rising education costs and cuts in the French-speaking school system.
