now that let's have a look at the headlines of low for nicolas sarkozy losing out the socialist candidate francois nuns the first round of the french presidential election going to a second ballot in a fortnight. israel wants its peace treaty with egypt is in jeopardy off the car a scrap to gas export its neighbor. and syrian rebels refused to dance to foreign cheering insisting that military intervention is no solution three hundred unarmed u.n. observers are being sent to oversee the ceasefire. next an in-depth look at the discrimination that many immigrants face in europe on a daily basis. almost

three i'm living not. work in the media. i don't know how to speak italian language. i'm here almost to. begin our point meds but the facts yet most in the dr. phil used to sometimes come mostly. migrants from asia and africa took a liking to this place just outside term of the railway station a long time ago. around it all day long. a local journalist

coming here in the evening great deal of attention she wants information about the refugees for her blog. there are hundreds of people here yes we have received residence permits but the shelters where we used to spend the night have been closed down we know live in the open we sleep on the street. we have no jobs we have nothing to eat we can't find a place to sleep just. this . there's a reason behind this blog is interest in refugees these people have been described as brief from the arab revolutions which will force them to seek refuge in europe when they started a new life here from scratch they began to learn the true meaning of the word

tolerance. spring comes early and rome is an ideal time for tourists because it's still cool and the city people don't need to seek out shade come in. the italian capital attracts droves of tourists. but this building on the city's outskirts is not among the world's greatest attractions because it's hidden from view only a handful of people where of its existence. is called the squat a shelter for illegal immigrants and refugees from africa the residents here rarely welcome journalists in the squat. the police may come knocking based on news reports but they have made an exception for the r.t. crew. this country really got out of there

and is and i don't. for this is my best through this and here this and it's here. almost six hundred people inhabit this floor alone right now most of them around on the streets trying to earn whatever money they can to eke out a living here others work at a poor excuse for an auto repair center found right under the windows of a flop house we have many many many people here and you know probably. the eleven person that has a mind problem we out here. there is a lot and if there is law wardak there is. the latest arrivals are in an even worse condition than the others there's no more room for beds or mattresses on the floor. the refugees have to accommodate

themselves in the corridors and staircases used to be about forty percent here for bush. and the who runs the fortress you're a blog dedicated to my current issues and italian russian journalist the only question in discussing the latest news has just been reported that another batch of refugees has arrived on the italian island of lampedusa in italy a self. these are the first booths to come to learn to do so since last september it is not yet clear how things will work out in the end but the best way to understand what is happening online producer is to visit the island right now. in the middle ages this island served as a haven for barbary corsairs by the late twentieth century it was

a popular resort many italian families used to spend the weekend here. but the graveyard of boats is a reminder of the island's recent history the no sign painted on the destroyed boats is the response of local people to the massive influx of refugees. the authorities have accommodated those who were detained by coast guards a day earlier as a huge warehouse near the port all of them are from somalia five died during the journey. we needed some help pull through to. break the. more we don't want because we don't have any government via been taken there. it takes a small boat ten to twelve miles to cover the distance between the african continent and lampedusa. quite often the engine runs out of fuel because of aborted planned

route. as a result a lot of scale operation valving high speed motor boats and coast guard helicopters has to be melted in an effort to save the refugees. spring has indeed triggered a big influx of immigrants we have rescued about twenty thousand refugees from both tunisia and libya in italy itself the growing refugee exodus from other countries has provoked many social and political issues. the island is falling into decay even in the main streets though once flourishing restaurants now bare for sale signs. children are rarely seen here these days last year a lot of the parents sent them to sicily instead. nowadays the local citizens of lampedusa a mostly over fifty sixty three year old to come up alleging logs

his shop well ahead of normal closing hours he doesn't expect any more customers today. many souvenirs were ignored by tourists even last year and are now gathering dust on the shelves. we are certainly looking forward to a good summer season unless more migrants come if migrants continue to arrive here the situation becomes nothing short of a revolutionary. some time ago and people around the world saw all this footage filmed a refugee camp on the island of lampedusa. african refugees made an attempt to escape after hearing plans they were to be deported. now the lampedusa camp for refugees no longer functions officials claim it was burned down by its previous inhabitants and is level unfit for further use.

veronique it has failed in her attempts to take pictures inside the camp it's still guarded by troops. and i migrants in central barracks in the center of lampedusa is beyond me there are no normal living conditions over there meanwhile a new center built in specially for refugees is vacant we're told it's been burnt down but we see with our own eyes that it's still there. the port on the island of lampedusa a group of refugees has just arrived from somalia and is being ferried to the mainland once they arrive they will be sent to the refugee camps gathered across italy. some somalis who were unable to make it on to this post wait for the next run many of them are happy with the prospect of a new life. this

is one of the centers where refugees have their identity checked and are told what's in store for them. as they go through a complete medical check up then they face a procedure establishing their identity and an interview with a psychologist. refugees may spend several months awaiting a decision on whether or not they're allowed to stay in italy. all the while they have to remain in isolation behind three metre high fences with civil war still raging in somalia refugees from that country can count on a decision in their favor by the people who've left their homes in countries in the wake of the arab spring have little chance of finding refuge in italy the libyan citizens are sent back as a rule it's assumed they feast no problems in their homeland the international

community has recognized the legitimacy of libya's authorities. nazareth in sufi is a libyan today has released like many arab refugees he's been denied a residence permit. there are still hostilities between gadhafi supporters and opponents in the part of libya where no thirteen used to live it will be risky for him to return home. as routine as only a week before he must leave it only. appearances the immigration center stuff bid farewell to now as routine as if it was a close friend the director accompanies his lodger personally. read the new bedford yesterday to be given to him as a leaving present. as read in walks thirty steps across the center's backyard there is freedom beyond it but it's confined to a week of illegal stay in italy. many of my fellow migrants are drug addicts some

are outright criminals i don't want to live with them any longer any normal first timer here finds it difficult to have them around. as routine wants to get through as fast as he can expect his libyan friends there to give him temporary shelter. if necessary in stays in rome longer than a week the police may arrest him and send him back to the refugee center. had something like a mobile phone on the other immigrants might steal it i don't like that sometimes i have the urge to say to them look you can take everything but don't disturb me i want any trouble. the train arrives in the center of the room twenty minutes later as written promise to see the r.t. crew here the following day and introduce those who promised to give him shelter for the duration of his stay in italy. but there is really in

fail to turn up and couldn't be reached by phone. they were only journalists talk to the refugees for the first time there is no problem they're ready to come into contact but then they're more experienced friends advise them to break off all contacts and keep a low profile in this way they multiply the vast army over legal my grounds. in the evening the square the other will station becomes a shanty town for illegal migrants. the police advised tourists to steer clear of it after nightfall. television cameras attract the attention of many of the inhabitants they begin chanting new versions of old slogans going back to the arab spring the vote a few of your own revolution right here in italy down with berlusconi and down with the right wingers film good stuff there i would. caution is that so much to

know there's a huge reason to share power on the market we've got the best me sanction of israel movement where does it stand on the question of a two state solution of the palestine israel conflict. which brightened. son from first impressions. whose phone starts on t.v. dot com. f.-l. johnson a refugee from libya has just seen a doctor he's suffering from

a wound sustained during military hostilities in libya. the leg surgery he underwent some time ago has helped but he can't get the doctors to say what sort of treatment he needs. one is this this false front and does for buck. i need more help. me how do i let this how is it changes even i know does the changes. as soon as he arrived in rome from a hospital in italy self in early two thousand and twelve johnson source help from a charitable organization called keratitis. the fifty seven year old builder couldn't say why he'd been fired on libya all he knows is that somebody shot at the car carrying him and his friends from tripoli to misrata he doesn't know who gave the order to shoot. him or where to misrata there's programmers.

and fall down and he's started to should be so i mean front so the gun just shoot me i'll fall for guns the other people where all of them. carries us provided johnson with lodging for the night and one meal a day. it's stuff conceded that there was an increasing shortage of accommodation for refugees. anybody there is a tendency this is a problem to react to emergencies. instead of working more on system so this this is i would say. maybe the first problem. this demonstration of the heart of rome is designed to attract the attention of tourists filing towards the colosseum it's a mystery stave off a new war in africa and the resultant new wave of migrants coming to italy. some

time ago activists from the no warning at work winston libya to assess the outcome of military intervention you know there certifiable formal charges against nato accusing it of aggression against civilians. our government said they wanted to intervene in libya to save the civil civilians well they saved perhaps one thousand rebels in the gaddi but they killed ten thousand twenty thousand thirty thousand others syria other debian's dropping bombs and war causing refugees to leave and being drowned in the sea. in two thousand and eleven two european countries were on the verge of a diplomatic row in spite of the fact the france supported military intervention in libya has refused to let an italian train carrying refugees into its territory. in desperation the refugees held a protest on the railway tracks. that. soon afterwards italian nationalists

from across the pound which took to the streets. the movement bases its ideals of a fascist leader benito most of. the impact of immigrants is not felt so much in the big cities but small towns such as lampedusa and others outside rome and in sicily are already dominated by immigrants there are hardly any a tally and left there. in this is silly and porto make up quite a big share of the population they live separately from the italians and mostly spend all their spare time in a small bar which locals are not allowed to enter a minor conflict flared up certainly one of the people involved is a man called gemma he suggested that the crew should leave.

jamelle came here following events that sparked the arab spring. these days he's employed at the local port unloading vessels it's unqualified work and doesn't pay well he used to work as a barber in the past but hasn't managed to find a job in his former profession you know what about many new rival see either way as a paradise but in reality you have to be were away from morning until night for a pittance here you drag out a miserable existence. relations between two museums and locals are very strange the town's too noisy and neighborhood as exploded since their obscuring illegal migrants periodic lee rounded up. some time ago police arrested me in hospital no less can you imagine that because you're an illegal immigrant yes i have no papers on. the small town with

a population of fifty thousand is now divided into two parts to museums live on the outskirts locals are concentrated in the center the two communities rarely a direct. parallel worlds and parallel realities to museums on one hand and we old timers on the other here believe in isolation and for the customs we live by our customs besides their way of life doesn't quite fit into the local environment. so you know there's no problem don't be afraid tourists are the only outsiders to enter the chain is he a neighborhood as a result they go there at the weekends and stay there only during the daytime are you from azhar the lawless know what you're from sicily from palermo. jamelle takes tourists on a brief guided tour of his neighborhood they see a different way of life one that they don't find in sicily's capital of palermo.

just look at the way people live here sonora isn't that the nightmare here we think you are seems to be on the verge of collapse. football in the courtyard is one of the few diversions for teenagers living in the two lizzie and neighborhood there are no playgrounds for children here people living in nearby houses have no complaints about the noise made by the footballers. most of the parents of these children work on fishing boats they stay at sea from early morning until late at night. only these guys have a problem they were deprived of the hope for a dignified future yes they do go to school but they can find a decent job afterwards they may even have a telly and citizenship but when it comes to a choice between c. francesco an italian and always an arab they're most likely to give the job to the telly and. there is a place of interest in this neighborhood one of the streets nell boasts signs of

creativity there's more to this ceramic mural than meets the eye. this is the street of paula farrow the theme of tolerance in society runs through all these works of art we can see quotes from laws intended to ensure equal rights for all this really sounds nice but so far we see a different picture a reality. that only because words appear to be confirmed only five minutes later a smoldering conflict flares up between locals and choosey and teenagers. the italian family eventually left the scene promising to return with a host of relatives in the evening to deal with the offenders if you remember there is a risk of illegal migrants destroying its own society from within migrants don't have a chance to make my way to legal means and as a result they turn to robbery and drug trafficking.

these two museums returns to rome from a trip to sicily a few days ago they've been trying to find their relatives for several weeks now they want to find those who left two newsier in the spring of two thousand and eleven to go to italy in search of a better life and many of them have been missing ever since you know we as their families we have come to our consulate to say this we want to know the truth of all the fates of our relatives. officials of the two musial consulate refused to help those people and lock them out. eventually one of the two museum snaps and set his sweatshirt on fire. the flames are beaten out but the education of the highly strung crowd grows with every passing minute. can reason with or it is refused to help us anymore i can't bear it i don't care for food all i

want is to find my son he's nineteen years old his name is mohammed. in the end people trying to find missing relatives spotted them in such lodgings on the el skirts of roe they're commonly referred to as. people here have a much better chance of survival than they would have out of the open. after all there's a roof over their heads and they're less likely to die of starvation here. you know just you know me i want to get to the phone we really have to build this and there is a lot of if you that this is what. puzzles. more people come to these lodgings nearly every week. most of them have tried but failed to enter other european countries after receiving an italian residence permit. i wouldn't young before six months when i ask in the first thing the same environment

they will find my finger yeah the mediation for the same is you having a green for the. i say. country. i don't have any. entirely but they don't need me. as the day comes to a close libyan refugee ever johnson returns to the shelter to spend the night. it takes some walking through the historical parts of the city he has no money for a bus. johnson doesn't stop in the center very often unlike at the railway station with the other refugees ifill's a complete stranger. some italians didn't used to does that. we are we go you have enough money because the government used to give us money was one thousand does not prove god to give us money does not tell

a duck on the same evening very meagre the blogger has the finishing touches to a post on the refugee situation but when she's about to sent a text she receives some unexpected news if a johnson has been thrown out of the asylum after spending two months there why has not yet known. now we bloggers work to make sure that what is secret comes to light so we're trying to bring a resolution to the situation as well that. was out. after a few minutes it becomes clear what's happening at the asylum for johnson is in fact being turned out of the charities premises along with his belongings.

finally this fifty seven year old man unable to move around without crutches has been left in the streets. a friend office to collect his belongings from the asylum . no longer has a warm bed nor can he get a meal with the charity center every evening. under four do both alone. though deported. according to a statement from a charitable organization keratosis. was thrown out of the asylum because he left the place in a miss. johnson maintains that he was expelled for being too frank with journalists about the real situation for refugees in italy today.

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