THE OFFENSE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: RACISM BECOMES LAW! !!

[Ciro Liuzzi]

THE OFFENSE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: RACISM BECOMES LAW!
Two weeks ago the Italian Senate approved the crime of illegal immigration. According to Article 19 of the draft law on security, those who enter without permission in Italy will be subject to an administrative penalty of between 5 and 10 thousand euros.
Now, this measure makes the League so happy increasingly xenophobic and Berlusconi, it shows how the current coalition games to make propaganda on the skin of the vulnerable. The devices of this law violates the basic human rights like the right to health, family unity, habeas corpus and worsen the already heavy social and legal conditions for migrants, making them even more vulnerable to exploitation and racism.


Because this is what will happen with this law, so dear to the "masters of the North". The introduction of the crime of illegal immigration is what most summarizes the direction taken by the Italian government. This measure will not do nothing to deter illegal entry, illegal or reduce as propaganda, the only serious way to reduce illegal immigration is to ensure legal entry and navigable canals, and stabilize in the territory.
The criminalization of the underground will only reduce even further the cost of immigrant labor make it more blackmail. The second effect will be, along with increased hyper and judicial processes, the increase of the social and the use of politics of fear.
The "regular" of today are not these the immigrants of yesterday? Yet the "clandestine" is branded a dangerous phenomenon, the scapegoat of the economic crisis and social problems, more and more exposed to popular xenophobia and blind violence of those who strikes one "to educate one hundred". All this for what? A strategy that justifies camapgne propaganda and campaigning style sicuritario useful to mask the inadequacies of mediocre political elites.
Italy is now the vanguard of institutional racism and popular of the Illuminata repressive immigration policies in Europe. Now the CPT have gone out of fashion, the trend is different: make it illegal for people to emigrate from their countries, or let them die in the deserts of the friend Gaddafi of Libya. Meanwhile hundreds of people continue to die of starvation and torture along the routes longer and longer and more dangerous routes of illegal immigration which will bring a lot of money from the mafia and armies around the world.

[Ciro Liuzzi]

Immigrants, friction EU-Berlusconi. Almunia: "I have to ask permission to speak?"
After the threats of the premier, Brussels says, "We hope
that the Commission continues to answer questions'





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ROME (September 2) - "We hope that the European Commission continues to answer questions in an open and transparent, even in Italian." The Swedish Finance Minister and President of the EU, Anders Borg, said so when asked to comment on the statements of the Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, the EU commissioners and spokesman. "We will not give more than our votes - had threatened yesterday the prime minister - effectively blocking the functioning of the European Union, and ask whether the resignations of commissioners in Brussels will continue to speak the spokesmen instead Commission President

Almunia: I as president to ask permission to speak? "To which the President must ask permission to speak?" Thus the EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia, said when someone asked him to comment on the allegations yesterday of Berlusconi. Almunia has continued to joke to have with the Italian journalists at the press conference Ecofin, but leaving meant that a commissioner can not receive instructions. "I can not speak, I can not speak. I do not have permission "was the last bar before you leave.

In the morning, the spokesman EU as a misunderstanding, the situation clarified. In the morning, Johannes Laitenberger, spokesman for the president of the EU Commission, Barroso, said that the tensions between Rome and Brussels on immigration after the statements of Mr Berlusconi "has been the result of a misunderstanding which had arisen on some statements and I think that the situation is been clarified. "

"I do not see the need to continue discussions and we hope that this matter be considered closed," the spokesman said, but he firmly rejected the idea that statements made by Berlusconi may have in any way intimidated spokesmen dell'eurogoverno . The European Commission spokesman, "are spreading rumors that the microphones of the political level" of Brussels, pointed out Laitenberger, stressing the collegiality of the European executive and stressing Barroso as a "uncompromising supporter" of the prerogatives of European institutions. The European Commission, he continued, working with the media in a "transparent and open. It 'a right and duty that derives from the provisions in the treaties. "

Barrot: the rejections do not endanger the lives of people. The rejections of illegal immigrants "should not put at risk the lives of people, which would be unacceptable." He said the EU Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot, stressing they do not consider that there is nothing against the rejection of illegal immigrants in itself, apart from the difficulty in identifying whether any of these there are people who have the right to seek asylum. It is on this point, said Barrot, the EU Commission has requested clarifications from Italy. Barrot, later said he did not want to dwell on "any controversy concerning the role of spokesman. "I have not been contacted by Italy and when I responded brightly," said Vice-President of the Commission, reaffirming a decision to dismiss the charge of inaction in fighting illegal immigration.

On the subject of criticism yesterday from Mr Berlusconi, Mr Barrot said he had not presented today to the press "to distribute critical, but to give information." As to the request for information sent to Italy, Barrot pointed out that the Commission now awaits the answers "to enter into any discussion." "But I do not want to comment - he said, responding to requests from journalists - before you have all the data from the Italian side."

Frattini. "Since the positions of spokespersons and EU Commissioners are the means to trigger domestic controversy believe the commission president and his spokesman, could take a stronger coordination to the media." Thus Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said today Speaking on yesterday's Gr1 the words of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has harshly criticized the external immigration spokesman in Brussels threatened to block the work of the EU.

"We - he being so Frattini - look at the response of the Commission's spokesman who said there was a request for clarification (rejections, ndr) and not a criticism. If every detail of a spokesman is not the tool for the opposition to exploit those words and to do a polemic - concluded the Minister for Foreign Affairs - there would be problems. "