Italy plays role of Europe's immigration gatekeeper
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ROME When a 9-year-old Somali girl named Asma arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a rickety boat full of illegal immigrants earlier this year, she was in shock.
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Around 2,000 fans showed to the Fiorentina and Udinese game on Sunday. But the stadium gates were as far as they got because of newly enforced security measures in Italy.
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The EU plans joint naval patrols with Libya to curb the flow of illegal immigrants to Malta and Italy.
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Italy has come under fire for sending would-be asylum seekers back to Libya without granting them time to apply for refugee status.
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Italy is defending a tough new policy on illegal immigrants, which has put hundreds of new arrivals from sub-Saharan Africa on planes back to Libya without the opportunity to apply for asylum.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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LISBON, Aug 26 (IPS) - Any anonymous foreign national seeking a better  life  in the European Union (EU) endures nightmarish situations  just to obtain a  temporary residency permit. But if they show  great talent in sports, the  barriers disappear as if by magic.
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Three Greek islands, Samos, Lesbos and Chios, have become new fault lines for immigration into the European Union.
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The fact that Italy does not much care for rules is part of the countryâs charm, and part of its malaise.
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An EU agency has started helping Malta deal with an influx of African migrants - but more resources are needed.
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"If Europe wants to play an important role in the contemporary world, decisions should be taken fast to enable it to play that role"  Decisions should be taken fast to enable Europe to play an important role in the world, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said during his one-day working visit to Poland on Wednesday. via People's Daily Online
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is preparing this week to both reshuffle his shaky coalition government and name a new appointee to the European Commission, with his foreign minister seen likely to get the nod to go to Brussels.
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Summer has brought an expected influx of boat people from north African shores to Italy&#39;s southernmost island of Lampedusa, but they are still overwhelming immigration facilities with their sheer numbers, officials say.
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The move by the Italian government could help prepare the countryÂs flagship carrier to be taken over by Air France-KLM.
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Italy has begun airlifting migrants back to their point of departure after facilities on its southern outpost were swamped by hundreds of new arrivals.
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Italy planned to send back more illegal immigrants Monday, after hundreds of people arrived over the weekend on a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, news reports said.
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A top official in Italy has called on the European Union to help Libya stem the flow of illegal migrants moving northwards across the Mediterranean.