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Italy fingerprints thousands of Gypsies
Question: Are you agree with that?
Italy fingerprints thousands of Gypsies
Move to identify illegal immigrants called racist by some
ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told parliament this week the move was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion, but also to improve the lives of those legally living in the makeshift, often unsanitary camps.
"We intend to make a census to see who lives in Gypsy camps, who has a right to stay and to live in humane conditions. Those who don't have a right to stay will be repatriated," he said.
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More than 700 encampments have been built, mainly around Rome, Milan and Naples, populated almost entirely by Gypsies, also known as Roma.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25520960/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7500605.stm
Italy fingerprints thousands of Gypsies
Move to identify illegal immigrants called racist by some
ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told parliament this week the move was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion, but also to improve the lives of those legally living in the makeshift, often unsanitary camps.
"We intend to make a census to see who lives in Gypsy camps, who has a right to stay and to live in humane conditions. Those who don't have a right to stay will be repatriated," he said.
Story continues below ↓advertisement
More than 700 encampments have been built, mainly around Rome, Milan and Naples, populated almost entirely by Gypsies, also known as Roma.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25520960/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7500605.stm
I think it would be fair provided that all Italian citizens have to be fingerprinted too. They had to do it in South Africa too especially since some of the citizens could not read or write. So to make it non-racist, a rule was made for all South Africans to be finger-printed for ID Book purposes. I think finger-printing is used in a large number of countries and should not be a big deal unless one section of the population is selected for finger-printing and the remainder of the population not.
If they are being selectively fingerprinted, it just doesnt seem right to me.
Berlusconi is a ******' idiot. I cannot understand Italian people support this guy. He just send the military out on the street to support to attack crime. kinda weird, but all good so far. However all they do is doing razia's on Gipsey's and immigrants.
In the meantime he is busy working on passing a law that makes him untouchable (there is a big Berlusconi fraud investigation running )...
In the meantime he is busy working on passing a law that makes him untouchable (there is a big Berlusconi fraud investigation running )...
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