Looks like Italy is toughening up.

[gasbanni]

On June 3, Salvini visited Sicily, one of the main landing points in Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. He said:

"Enough of Sicily being the refugee camp of Europe. I will not stand by and do nothing while there are landings after landings of migrants. We need deportation centres.

"There are not enough homes or jobs for Italians, let alone for half the African continent. We need to use common sense."

Salvini also accused Tunisian authorities of deliberately sending criminals to Italy:

"Tunisia is a free and democratic country that is not exporting gentlemen but often willingly exports convicts. I will speak to my Tunisian counterpart, it does not seem to me that there are wars, pestilence or famine in Tunisia."

 

[SirGalahad]

But they won't be as stupid as us in leaving the EU by negotiating after the fact.

Get tough on illegal immigration - no one has issues with that.

 

[noseall]

Get tough on illegal immigration - no one has issues with that.

Me neither. Good for Italy. They'll be able to have their cake and eat it.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Italy needs to leave the Euro asap. Since they abandoned the Lira, their economy has nosedived. There's nothing they can do in the Euro straight jacket.

Pity the people of Italy, Greece, etc - expected to absorb all the world's flotsam.

 

[noseall]

Italy needs to leave the Euro asap. Since they abandoned the Lira, their economy has nosedived.

Their economy has steadily been on the wane since before the Euro. Italy's problems are a lot to do with Italy.

 

[noseall]

Pity the people of Italy, Greece, etc - expected to absorb all the world's flotsam.

I thought Trump was gonna build a wall to keep that lot out?

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

I thought Trump was gonna build a wall to keep that lot out?

I think he must be referring to the plastic.

 

[vinty]

On June 3, Salvini visited Sicily, one of the main landing points in Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. He said:

"Enough of Sicily being the refugee camp of Europe. I will not stand by and do nothing while there are landings after landings of migrants. We need deportation centres.

"There are not enough homes or jobs for Italians, let alone for half the African continent. We need to use common sense."

Salvini also accused Tunisian authorities of deliberately sending criminals to Italy:

"Tunisia is a free and democratic country that is not exporting gentlemen but often willingly exports convicts. I will speak to my Tunisian counterpart, it does not seem to me that there are wars, pestilence or famine in Tunisia."

Sending criminals to Italy is like sending coals to Newcastle.

 

[noseall]

Sending criminals to Italy is like sending coals to Newcastle.

Corruption is a way of life in Italy.