Don’t go to the post office today

Don't even think about going to the post office today. Our local post office is under attack. There is a queue of currently not-so-legal immigrants waiting to hand in, I think, their 'regularisation kits' so they can become legal residents in Italy.

Stop reading, start speaking

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There are so many hopefuls that they have even stationed a number of policemen outside the post office and I suspect the scene is similar throughout Milan, if not Italy, with the possible exception of a few isolated post offices in some out of the way mountain hamlets.

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+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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