Faced with a virtual flood of migrants and refugees from war-worn areas of Africa, Italy has threatened to close all its ports to ships of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) bringing the people to Italy.
The threat came as the country was overwhelmed by the arrival of 12,000 migrants on 22 ships in a four-day period. The ships come across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. Last Thursday, in the Italian port of Reggio Calabria, 1,066 people disembarked from a Save the Children rescue ship. Included among them were 241 unaccompanied minors.
Adding to the problem are people smugglers who attempt the dangerous crossing in less than seaworthy vessels. These efforts sometimes require the assistance of the Italian Coast Guard to avoid a significant loss of life.
 Find out how Italian authorities are reacting to the crisis and learn about their desperate plea for help to the European Union (EU). In addition, the EU is coping with some members’ refusal to take refugees out of concern about terrorist infiltration. The story continues on the next page.
Shut the border down and turn them away.
Ask the pope to help !!!
ok , listen good arm your people and you’ll have them by th eballs.
the words are bu
How stupid are you, Italy? Just load them up on ships and send them back. They are worst then the$#%&!@*were in WW II. I guess you guys don’t study history, so you’re doomed to repeat it.
If Italy does not round up the “immigrants” and remove them from their soil, Italy as we know it will die.
Send them to the vatican…
Send them all to George Clooney’s Italian mansion…. OH WAIT, he tucked his tail and ran back to the States now that his idea of immigration has become deadly.
You let them in.
I believe the Vatican should be able to cover it right?