these friends starts on t.v. don't come. here watching our t.v. or have minds sarkozy's slips the french president travels to convince enough voters now really losing his social to his socialist arch rival the party now go head to head in a second round through the new leader facing a tough job fixing a faltering economy and record unemployment. israel warns of peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's terminated a gas export deal over payment and prices observers say the rally is a consequence of the troubled revolution and foreign interference in egypt's affairs. there is opposition but calls for military intervention despite the u.n. troops observing mission by their plea is finding little public sympathy within the

country and our correspondent reports in damascus. from a special report up next for you here on r.t. . almost three of them live in the. media. to speak italian language. most to. be a good one to lead. but yet of most in the. soup is used to soup is.

migrants from asia and africa took a liking to this place just outside germany railway station a long time ago. they hang around it all day long a local journalist coming here in the evening great deal of attention she wants information about the refugees. there are hundreds of people here yes we have received permits but the shelters where we used to spend the night have been closed down we now live in the open we sleep on the street. we have no jobs we have nothing to eat we can find a place to sleep. on. this . there's a reason behind this blog his interest in refugees these people have been described

as from the arab revolutions forced 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 mid day 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 welcomed 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 to get i don't have to have anything i don't have any back for this or is my best. here. 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. 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. another person that has a mind problem we are here with. food and if there is a lot. there is a facility. 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. who runs the fortress you're a blog dedicated to migrant issues and italian russian journalist there in the kitchen and discussing the latest news it's just been reported that another batch of refugees has arrived on the italian island of lampedusa in italy 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 on monkey do so is to visit the island right now.

in the middle ages this island served as a haven for barbary coast says by the late twentieth century it was a popular resort many italian families use 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 they needed some help. to. break that. down because they don't have any government there. then.

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 a poorly planned route. as a result a launch scale operation wealthy high speed motor boats and coast guard helicopters that's an e-mail to you 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 libya. 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 the ones 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 locks his shop are 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. if migrants continue to arrive here the situation becomes nothing short of revolutionary. some time ago and people around the world saw all this footage filmed in 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 therefore unfit for further use. very weak it has failed in her attempts to take pictures inside the camp it's still got it by troops. i am migrants incentive very exciting the center of lampedusa is beyond me there are no normal reading conditions over there meanwhile a new center building especially 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 got across italy. some somalis who were unable to make it on this boat 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 are 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 but the people who've left their homes in countries in

the wake of the arab spring have little chance of finding refuge in italy. citizens are sent back as are all it's assumed be free so no problems in their homeland international community has a recognize the legitimacy of libya's authorities. rhydian sufi is a libyan today he's released like many arab refugees he's been denied a residence permit. there are still hostilities between gadhafi supporters and opponents in a part of libya where now thirteen used to live it will be risky for him to return home. measured in has only a week before he must leave it only. would appearances the immigration center stuff bids farewell to next routine as if it was a close friend the director accompanies his lodger personally. reps in new bedford as ready to be given to him as a leaving present. and

as ready in walks thirty steps across the center's backyard there is freedom beyond it but it's confined to a week of legal stay in italy. many of my fellow migrants are drug addicts some are great criminals i don't want to live with them any longer any normal first timer here finds it difficult to have them around. routine wants to get through as fast as he can expect his libyan friends there to give him temporary shelter. if nobody in stays in rome longer than a week the police may arrest him and send him back to the refugee center. if you have something like a mobile phone on you 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 and i want any trouble. the train arrives in the center of room twenty

minutes later as written promise to see the r.t.e. crew here the following day and introduce those who promised to give him shelter for the duration of his stay in italy. but miserably and failed to turn up and couldn't be reached by phone. 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 we go my grants. in the evening the square near the railway 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 began chanting new versions of old slogans going back to the arab

spring the votes yoyo relation right here in italy down with berlusconi and down with the right wingers. fear i would. caution is that so much of it when it is used. by the market with god bless me sanction of israel movement where does it stand on the question of a two state solution of the palestine israel conflict. a refugee from libya has just seen a doctor. he's suffering from

a 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 is false front and does fall but. i need more help because. the man how my leg. 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 sought help from a charitable organization called character. a 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. m r word to misrata those programs.

and. under his started to should be so i mean front so they're going just she'd fall for bronson the other people were all of them. carriages provided johnson with lodging for the night and one meal a day when 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 is i would say. maybe the first problem. this demonstration at the heart of rome is designed to attract the attention of tourists filing towards the colosseum it's a mr 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 when still libya to assess the outcome of military intervention now they're set to file formal charges against nato accusing it of aggression against civilians. our government said they wanted to intervene in libya to save the seven civilians well they saved perhaps one thousand rebels in the galaxy but they killed ten thousand twenty thousand thirty thousand others. other gangs robbing 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 that france supported military intervention in libya is refused to let an italian train carrying refugees into its territory. in desperation the refugees held a protest on the railway tracks. through afterwards italian nationalists

from across the pound with those took to the streets. the movement based its ideals on a fascist leader benito miss and. 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 talented left there. in this is chilean 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 jamal he suggested that the crew should leave.

came here following events that sparked the arab spring. these days he's employed at the local 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 it many new i will see either way is 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 terms to new zealand neighborhood has exploded since their spring 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 had no papers on me. 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 interact . more parallel worlds and parallel realities to museums on one hand and we old timers on the other they live in isolation and for the customs we live by. besides their way of life doesn't quite fit into the local environment. so you know there's no problem don't be afraid to arista the only outsiders to enter the chinese even neighborhood as a result they go there at the weekends and stay there only during the daytime are you from observe the law and know what you're from sicily where from palermo. jamal 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.

look at the way people live here sonora isn't it a nightmare to rethink your seems to be on the verge of collapse. football in the courtyard is one of the few diversions for teenagers living in the tunas 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. even all these guys have a problem they were deprived of the hope for a dignified future yes they do go to school but they can't find a decent job afterwards then they may even have a telly and citizenship but when it comes to a choice between say 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 now boasts signs of

creativity there's more to this ceramic mural than meets the eye. this is the street of paula federal 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 of reality and. that only because words appear to be confirmed only five minutes later a smoldering conflict flares up between locals and sheen as he 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 but you know that there is a risk of illegal migrants destroying its own society from within migrants don't have a chance to make money by legal means and as a result they turn to robbery and drug trafficking.

these tunas ians 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 june is here in the spring of two thousand and eleven to go to italy in search of a better life many of them have been missing ever since you know. we as their families we have come to our consulate to say to us we want to know the truth and all the faith of our relatives. officials over two years ago consulate refused to help those people and lock them out. eventually one of the two museum snaps and said his switches on fire the flames are beaten out of the education of the highly strung crowd grows with every passing minute. to me as an authority 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 squats people here have a much better chance of survival than they would have out in the open. after all there's a roof over their heads and they're less likely to die of starvation here. call me over to the phone. there is a lot of people here. this is what. people come to these lodgings nearly every week most of them have tried and failed to enter other european countries after receiving an italian residence permit. i wouldn't germany for six months when asking the first thing that i signed in yemen

me find my finger yeah the mediation for the yemeni sameas you have enough green for. i say but why you come to yemen i said i don't have anything in italy but they don't even. as the day comes to a close libyan refugee effort johnson returns to the shelter to spend the night. it takes some walking through the historical part of the city he has no money for a bus. johnson doesn't stop in the center very often unlike at the railway station but the other refugees he feels a complete stranger. some italians didn't used to does that are. we here we go you have enough money because the government used to give us money doesn't doesn't need to tell god does not prove god to give us money does not then

though that on the same evening veronique or the blogger puts the finishing touches to a post on the refugee situation but when she's about to send her text she receives some unexpected news ever johnson has been thrown out of the asylum after spending two months there why is not yet known. 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. but. you are a few minutes it becomes clear what's happening at the asylum. is in fact being turned out of the characters' premises along with his belongings that.

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 blunderings from the asylum. johnson no longer has a warm bed get a meal at the charity center every evening. those reports. according to a statement from the charitable organization keratosis. was thrown out of the asylum because he had left the place in a miss. maintains that he was expelled for being too frank with journalists about the real situation for refugees in italy today.