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14/10/05
Italian journalist posed as an irregular migrant to
experience the "Hell of Lampedusa"
This article appearing in the weekly Italian newspaper,
l'Espresso, details the shocking findings of a journalist who
posed as an irregular migrant to view at first hand the
conditions in the reception centre for migrants on the island of
Lampedusa.
After being caught in the Mediterranean sea by the Italian
Carabinieri, he was sent to the Lampedusa reception centre. He
stayed there for seven days, from 23rd September to 30th
September, before being left in Sicily without any money but
with the obligation to leave Italy in five days.
This is one more example of the dramatic life conditions that
migrants face when arriving in the EU borders, which was brought
to light recently in Ceuta and Melilla
(click here for more information). We should not forget that
what happened there, migrants and asylum seekers facing a
desperate situation, can be witnessed at any of the EU's
external borders.
"A made up name and a dip in the sea. That’s all
you need to be locked up in the immigrants’ centre in Lampedusa. You need only
pretend to be an illegal immigrant and you’ll soon find yourself in the cage in
which thousands of people finish their journey every year, and where no
observers or journalists are allowed...
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