<m2m-eng> Lampedusa on fire

[jaromil]

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re all,


this morning  in Lampedusa,  the southern island  of Europe,  a revolt
started in  the "Centre  for identification and  expulsion", following
the hunger strike of 300  detainees from Tunisia. The detention center
hosts more than 800 migrants,  mostly from Tunisia. The fire destroyed
most of the building and the police had to fight the revolt with extra
smoke (teargas), it is yet unknown the number of people harmed.

The mayor of the city  Bernardino De Rubeis has released a declaration
against the Italian government, quoting  his own words: "Guilty is the
Government which transformed this center  in a Lager, the migrants are
desperate."

The revolt seem  to have exploded as 107 Tunisian  migrants were to be
deported  back to  their country,  proceeding to  a first  transfer in
Roma.

source: 
http://www.repubblica.it/2009/02/sezioni/cronaca/immigrati-4/lampedusa-18feb/lampedusa-18feb.html


Another recent news,  to let you understand how  we South Italians are
seen    and    feel    closer     to    africa,    is    this    news:
http://ilsecoloxix.ilsole24ore.com/italia_e_mondo/2009/02/14/1202088531234-manganellata-siciliano-scambiato-nordafricano.shtml
reporting a deliberate  aggression by police in Sicily  to a fisherman
and legitimate italian citizen: since his skin is as dark as that of a
north african,  he has been  hit *in the  back* by a policeman  in the
middle of the  street, exchanging him for "a  migrant escaped from the
detention center",  without any other  reason. The episode  is raising
various polemics that  are well fittin the raising  climate of fascism
and xenophobia  affecting the  Italian peninsula especially  since the
last abusive change of government directed by Berlusconi.



ciao



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