hour a trim internet users as the house of representatives passes a new web data gathering act activists call for mass protests against companies backing the controversial bill. in spain public anger over severe austerity measures grows along with a number of complaints of police brutality as critics say dissent is being violently suppressed. the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion postponed till late may after yulia timoshenko claims abuse by prison guards left her too frail to attack. but violence in the arab spring has led to widespread displacement in the greater middle east with thousands fleeing europe coming out of our special report we look at conflicting attitudes towards migrants and how it affects the whole of the european continent.

almost three i'm living not deeply about some work in the media. i'm a newcomer in rubia. to speak italian language. most to. be a good point to meds to goes but but but yet most in the dr. phil. used to soup is sometimes. migrants from asia and africa took a liking to this place just outside to many 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 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 now 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. this . there's a reason behind this blog is 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 in rome it's an ideal time for tourists because it's still cool in the city meaning 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. it's 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 by i don't have anything i don't have. that for this is my best. friend here. and it's here like this. 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. if another person that has a mind problem we out here without any there is no food and if there is law. there is no facility you know. 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 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 has just been reported that another batch of refugees has arrived on the italian island of lampedusa in italy's self. these are the first boots to come to lampedusa 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 lampedusa used 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 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 at a huge warehouse near the port all of them are from somalia five died during the journey. they needed some help pull through to. any government via. 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 a poorly planned route. as a result a launch scale operation valving high speed motor boats and coast guard helicopters has to be mounted 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 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 the ones flourishing restaurants now 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. 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

a now gathering dust on the shelves. we are certainly looking forward to a good summer season. if migrants continue to arrive here the situation and produce will become 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. veronique has failed in her attempts to take pictures inside the camp it's still

guarded by troops. why migrants are sent to barracks in the center of lampedusa is beyond me there are no normal living conditions over there meanwhile a new center built a specially for refugees is vacant we're told it's been burned 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. first 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 a rule it's assumed they face no problems in their homeland community has a recognised illegitimacy of libya's authorities. rhydian sufi is a libyan today he is 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 now thirteen used to live it will be risky for him to return home. and yet nasrudin has only a week before he must leave it early. appearances the immigration center stuff bids farewell to now as routine as if he was a close friend the director accompanies his lodger personally. wraps a new bag for nasa routine to be given to him as a leaving present. as read in walk 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 to room as fast as he can expect his libyan friends there to give him temporary shelter. if stays in rome longer than a week the police may arrest him and send him back to the refugee center. if you had something like a mobile phone on you the other immigrants might steal it i don't like that sometimes i had 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 crew here the following day and introduce those who promised to give him shelter for the duration of his stay in italy. but mr dean failed to turn up and couldn't be reached by phone. when 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 migrants. 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. revolution right here in italy down with berlusconi and down with the right wingers. fear.

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treatment he needs. one is this is false front and does fall but. i need more help because says. to me how my leg. how is it. going i know does the changes. as soon as he arrived in rome from a hospital in italy self in early two thousand and twelve some sort help from a charitable organization called keratosis. the fifty seven year old builder couldn't say why he'd been fired on in 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. on my way to misrata. those programs. and. started to should do so i mean front soda gun just.

the other people were all of them. cara says 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 or 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. yes maybe the first problem. this demonstration at the heart of rome is designed to attract the attention of tourists filing towards the colosseum it aim is to 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 went to 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 civilians well they saved perhaps one thousand rebels in baghdad but they killed ten thousand twenty thousand thirty thousand others. other kids dropping bombs and war 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 has refused to let an italian train carrying refugees into its territory. in desperation the refugees held an act of protest on the railway tracks. that. soon afterwards italian nationalists from across the pound movements took to the streets. the movement bases its ideals on

a fascist leader benito most of. the time. 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 silly and. 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 the minor conflict flared up suddenly one of the people involved is a man called jamal he suggested that the crew should leave the. 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 it. will see it only 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 noisy and locals are very strained the town's too noisy and neighborhood as exploded since their bring 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 . parallel worlds and parallel realities to museums on one hand and we old timers on the other they live in isolation and for their own customs we live by our customs their way of life doesn't quite fit into the local environment. so no there's no problem don't be afraid tourists are the only outsiders to enter the to see a neighborhood as a result they go there at the weekends and stay there only during the daytime when are you from a. no. you're from sicily where from pull out of. 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 senor isn't it

a nightmare everything here seems to be on the verge of collapse. football in the courtyard is one of the few diversions for teenagers living in the toon is a 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. 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 they may even have a telly and citizenship but when it comes to a choice between seafront chess going to tell you in an alley 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 in reality. but only because words appear to be confirmed only five minutes later a smoldering conflict flares up between locals and too noisy 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. of that there is a risk of illegal migrants destroying italian society from within migrants don't have a chance to make money by illegal 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 tunas 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 but you know. we as their family this we have come to our consulate to say that we want to know the truth about the fate of our relatives and. officials of the two new zealand consulate refused to help those people and lock them out. eventually one of the two museum snaps and sets his sweatshirt on fire the flames are beaten out but the education of the highly strung crowd grows with every passing minute. to me as an authority has 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 outskirts 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. you know just you follow me home when the people of the faith we really have just as there is a lot of people can see that this is what a good city. does have. 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 germany for six months where asking the first thing that in yemen me find my finger yeah the

mediation for the yemeni sameas you having a dream for and. i say why you come to yemen i say i don't have anything in italy they don't need me. 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 with the other refugees he feels 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 doesn't doesn't it does most little 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 a text she receives some unexpected news. has been thrown out of the asylum after spending two months there. 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. after a few minutes it becomes clear what's happening at the asylum. is in fact being turned out of the charity's premises along with his belongings that. finally this fifty seven year old man unable to move around without crutches has

been left out on the streets. a friend to collect his blood from the asylum. has a warm bed get a meal at the charity center every evening. they were deported. according to a statement from the charitable organization keratosis. was thrown out of the asylum because he had left the place in a mis. maintains that he was expelled for being too frank with journalists about the real situation for refugees in italy today.

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