Wednesday, 30. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 3:51:00 PM CEST
Berlusconi said the migrants would be removed from Lampedusa "within 48-60 hours".
The tiny southern fishing island of Lampedusa will be 'freed' of thousands of illegal immigrants from North Africa within two to three days, Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday.
Berlusconi travelled to Lampedusa where some of the island's 5,200 residents gave him a warm reception chanting "Silvio, Silvio!".
The 74-year-old premier vowed to oversee the relocation of 6,200 migrants, mainly young Tunisians, who as of early Wednesday had arrived on Lampedusa, outnumbering its residents and overwhelming its infrastructure.
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