Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party on Friday charged migrants with sullying the majestic colonnades of St Peter's Square.
"They defecate and urinate beneath the colonnades...it's disgusting, let's see some law and order in this country," Salvini wrote on Facebook.
As proof of his claims, Salvini uploaded a video showing a man relieving himself beneath the colossal Tuscan colonnades which enclose St Peter's Square. Many homeless people bed down there day and night.