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Is Italy Discriminating Against Filipino People?

Professor Richard Ebstein

I got an email today from a Richard Ebstein, a University of Singapore professor, who is to speak at a June/July Federation of European Biochemical Societies congress in Turin, Italy. Singapore based Professor Ebstein recently underwent extensive surgery and had taken on a Filipino helper to help him during his convalescence. The carer is legally […]

Italy Abandons Immigrants to Die?

Some thing distasteful has been going on in Italy this summer. Immigrants coming to Italy over the Mediterranean in boats appear to be being left to die. In one instance some 70 people in a boat bringing people to Italy died as a result of their plight seemingly being ignored.

U-Turn, U Don’t Turn?!

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 gun’ and miss-quoting what were no more than […]

U-Turn

NOTE: The contents of this post have been superseded!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 suggested criminalising illegal immigration. At first, Berlusconi went along […]

Cracking Down: the Rom Problem, illegal Immigration, and Crime

Recently the news here in Italy has been carrying reports on what amounts to a crack down on the Rom or gypsies who occupy sites in most of the major cities around the peninsula. If you’d like the know a little about the difference between Rom and Romanian, then click on the link to a […]