Italy Resumes Expelling Migrants Despite Protests
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Italy resumed deportations to Libya on Wednesday, ignoring United Nations criticism of the airlift in its drive to deter would-be asylum seekers heading to its shores from Africa.
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Italy's transport minister has refused to take the blame for traffic chaos which has caused misery for hundreds of people stuck on snow-blocked motorways, and has told people to stop complaining.
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SOCCER matches in Italy will resume this weekend after the government approved a tough set of measures to fight hooliganism, despite resistance by clubs.Comment
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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 government hopes new deal with Libya will hold back thousands of migrants who try to cross sea
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By Pascal Fletcher Dakar - Spain said on Wednesday it was restarting the repatriation of hundreds of illegal Senegalese migrants detained in the Spanish Canary Islands, a move which some have resisted with ...
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"If they don't give us a new school, I'll bring all the kids into the immigrants' camp and teach them there"  By Silvia AloisiLAMPEDUSA, Italy - The barbed wire has gone and the dormitories look basic but reasonably clean. Welcome to the new-look camp for immigrants on the island of Lampedusa.Two years ago the island, a major transit point for thousands of boat people seeking a better life in Europe, drew scathing criticism for the squalor and abuse of its overcrowded camp.That has now been revamped and will soon be replaced by a more spacious, air-conditioned site as Italy pledges a more humane approach in its fight against illegal immigration. Read more
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The Italian league resumes Sunday, more than a week after all professional soccer in Italy is suspended because of fan violence.
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Illegal immigrants in Italy earning a few coins by washing windscreens at traffic lights could face up to three months in jail after Florence launched a crackdown and other cities said they might follow suit.
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ROME Huge numbers of migrants from Africa have showed up in rickety boats on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in the last few days, and the government is responding quickly and contentiously, sending most of them back to Libya, almost immediately, by
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday that the problem of immigration was one of three priority issues facing his government, the day after it resumed mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
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ROME, Oct 18  (IPS) - The rapid expansion of a slum built by illegal  immigrants in the eastern part of Rome  shows the ineffectiveness  of a strict anti-immigration policy.
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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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Defying criticism by human rights groups, Italy on Tuesday prepared to return to Libya hundreds of illegal immigrants who have landed on its southern shores in the past days.
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TRIPOLI, Libya Libya said Thursday that it had sent 1,000 Egyptian immigrants home after their expulsion from Italy. Italy airlifted illegal immigrants to Libya this week in an effort to deter would-be asylum
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The deportation of illegal migrants from Spain to Senegal is suspended after complaints of mistreatment.
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Italy's truck drivers agreed Wednesday to call off a protest that has blocked highways and borders for three days, causing shortages of gasoline, medicine and perishable foods across Italy, government officials said.