2011年4月1日星期五

Italy moves to mainland migrants

April 1, 2011 at 10: 12 GMT so many immigrants on Lampedusa fled that it caused a humanitarian CrisisItaly last updated 1,716 North African migrants, most of them Tunisian - at a temporary camp in the southeastern region of Puglia empowered.

The migrants were packed with the ship on Thursday of Lampedusa, a small island with thousands fleeing poverty and unrest in Tunisia.

A "tent city" established in Manduria, a town in the southern heel of Italy's obligation.

Overcrowding has created unsanitary conditions on Lampedusa, say officials.

Italy's Il Giornale newspaper says that Rome is planning to repatriate 100 Tunisians every day.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visit Tunis on Monday to discuss the influx of migrants with the authorities.

North Africa crisis

Unrest Tunisia has since continues to handle a rebellion in January plunged President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.

In the past three months, on board the overcrowded boats from Tunisia and Libya war-torn Italy says that about 20,000 migrants along its shores - mostly on Lampedusa - arrived.

Lampedusa map

Bad weather further transfers of Lampedusa, delayed but Italy has several ships at anchor off the island, provide reception of migrants.

During a visit to the island on Wednesday said Mr Berlusconi, in "48 to 60 hours, the Lampedusa only of Lampedusans will be inhabited".

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has complained about the handling of the crisis of the EU and France.

"Europe was inactive on this absolutely,", he said SkyTG24 TV, added, that "limited resources" from Brussels had been forthcoming.

An EU spokesman responded, saying that 18 m euro (£ 15. 8 m; $25 m) repatriations had over to Rome last year, emergency funds for all EU Member States recorded given.

Mr Frattini accused France of lack of solidarity by sending back Tunisian migrants who had tried, the Italian border with France in Ventimiglia.

The European Commission told EU development aid for Tunisia, double offered EUR 320 million (£ 282 m; $453 m) over the next two years the news agency associated press.


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