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 va

the lack of control on the external border we do remember the story of the tiny talian island of lampedusa in the mediterranean which was allotted with refugees in such great amounts that at some point they were more newcomers on the island than the residents fled to many of them living by their own rules and often not peaceful once it will be allowed thousands of these refugees onto the mainland and then they spread into other european union nations actually even cause the conflict with france which partially introduced border control since a large quantities of refugees headed to the country the right sentiment in general is currently growing in europe and especially in france with right wing forces calling to move away from the union and concentrate more on domestic problems president sarkozy has been actively playing the right wing card as he's battling for a second term in office he's even threatened to pull out of the shotguns on altogether if no serious measures are taken to battle illegal immigration in a separate issue the european commission has just allowed to speak to set up te