From DW
France and Italy are calling on the rest of Europe to rethink their immigration policies and to cooperate with this flood of refugees from rest of Africa and Asia, as 82 more bodies were recovered from sunked ship off the island of Lampedusa, Italy. Most of those dead were from Somalia and Eriteria fleeing from harsh conditions in their countries.
Present during the recovery of the bodies was integration minister Cecile Kyenge, Congolese born. The latest recovery brings to 232 the total dead. Of the 500 boat passengers only 155 survived. Many more are missing.
Italy has requested that EU meeting in Luxemborg put the problem in its agenda.
Kyenge promised to change the law which punishes cladestine immigration with a fine of 5,000 Euros. Morever, the refugee centers are hosting 4x its capacity. Kyenge also promised to increase the capacity of immigration centers to 24,000.
The Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta gave Italian citizenship to the dead last Friday, the official day of mourning for the dead from Lampedusa. (From Euroobserver October 7, 2013)
Do you agree with PM Letta or Minister Cecile Kyenge? Should Europe allow refugees to flood Europe while Europe herself is not doing well with its economy? Should Europe be more compassionate?
