After writing yesterday that Berlusconi had done an about turn on the criminalisation of illegal immigrants, I've read in today's edition of Il Sole 24 Ore, that yesterday's press reports hailing the Berlusco U-Turn were inaccurate. Mr Berlusconi has now accused the Italian press of 'jumping the … [Read more...]
U-Turn
June 4, 2008 By 1 Comment
NOTE: The contents of this post have been superseded!In my post entitled Cracking Down: the Rom Problem, illegal Immigration, and Crime, I looked at current attempts to resolve some of Italy's long standing problems.Recently, to sort the illegal immigration problem out, some bright spark … [Read more...]
The Right Way?
May 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There have been several disturbing reports in the Italian press recently.First, there was an incident down in Rome in which a gay radio DJ was attacked for, well, being gay. Then, there was the Indian shopkeeper who was threatened and then attacked by, even if reports in the press deny this, what … [Read more...]
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