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BRITAIN MUST 'FACE UP' TO IMMIGRANT CRIMEWAVE

TOUGH: Italian president Giorgio Napolitano

Friday November 2,2007

By Michael Day in Milan for express.co.uk

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ITALY is to begin deporting immigrants who "represent a danger to the public" - and tonight urged Britain to follow suit.

Demands for action have been fuelled by the brutal rape and killing this week of the 47-year-old wife of a naval officer on the outskirts of Rome - the latest crime attributed to mass immigration from eastern Europe.

The woman was attacked near a railway station and left for dead in a nearby ditch. An unemployed 24-year-old Romanian has been arrested in connection with the killing, after police found him in possession of her handbag.

Under the new laws, which some experts would like to see adopted in Britain, local authorities will have the power to deport EU citizens "who represent a threat to public security".

The first such expulsions could be arranged this week, after Italian president Giorgio Napolitano signed the legislation last night.

More than 1,000 Romanians a month have been arriving in Italy since since Romania joined the EU this year.

Rome's mayor, Walter Veltroni, says that three quarters of the people arrested for murder, rape and robbery in the capital this year have been Romanian. In addition, 76 murders, not including this week's killing, have been blamed on immigrants from Romania.

However, since Romania entered the EU, robberies and sex attacks in the eastern European country have fallen dramatically - muggings by more than a quarter.

The inspector general of the Romanian police force, Gheorghe Papa, is reported in the Italian press as saying that "more liberal laws [in western Europe] have probably encouraged criminal elements to go abroad".

Leading left-wing politicians, including Fausto Bertinotti, speaker of the house, last night described the new deportation powers as "unconstitutional" and threatened to vote them down when they are up for review before the Italian parliament in 60 days' time.

And left-wing newspapers described Veltroni's comments as racist.

But Italian premier Romano Prodi said EU nations, including the UK, should face up to the new crime wave.

He called on Europe's home office ministers to meet and find a solution.

"We politicians have to show we are serious about maintaining order in our territory," he said.

This week a UK high court judge refused the British government's request to expel the EU national - an Italian - who murdered head teacher Phillip Lawrence in 1995.

BRAVO ITALIA !!!

03.11.07, 12:39am

Are you reading this Commie Brown, Gormless J Smith & Dippy Hazel Blears?

So if Italy's kicking out their vermin then why aren't we? Give us a good reason? Not easy is it, 'cos you haven't got any good reason. Just Lies & Spin.

Move over, the BNP's taking over.

• Posted by: Nationalist • Report Comment

ITALY IS TO DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC

02.11.07, 11:26pm

The next headline we can expect to see is Britain will take them in.

• Posted by: Jay_R • Report Comment

ENJOY BOLSHEVIK HEAVEN

02.11.07, 9:50pm

This country is run by a load of ex marxist knobs that are putting their world vision into operation.I gave my support to the FN in the presidential elections in FranceFunnily the Communist candidate was more nationalistic than Cameron.Britain is being sold down the river .FACT

• Posted by: diddleydoo • Report Comment

WHAT DEAL?

02.11.07, 9:39pm

What deal did Blair and now Brown strike with the other european leaders? if we take all the shit and dross from all the other countries in europe thus making them nicer places to live- Brown can be prime minister of britain and Blair president of europe?

• Posted by: jonG • Report Comment

MIKE 4224

02.11.07, 9:25pm

That made me laugh "Gorden Mugabe" lol.
Seriously though, something is going to give in Italy, France and here as the people are not happy bunnies. The Governments, especially ours under Gorden Mugabe, are NOT listening to the people. We never asked for any of this crap we have to put up with. I think things will turn ugly when the bubble bursts which I don't think is far away. I can see Gorden hanging from a lamp post like Benito Mussolini.

• Posted by: fireowl • Report Comment

IMMIGRANT CRIMEWAVE

02.11.07, 8:58pm

I must confess to being shocked to my core, imagine being a haven for criminals. I would never have thought it, after all, the government tells us we are all safe, and we can play happy families with every criminal that every other country is glad to see the back of.
Now for the serious bit, sex crimes are up in number, no matter what kind of sex crime it is. Fraud and identity theft is up, prostitution is rising very fast, let's just say that I carry a bar of soap with me, and I get it out if they come near me, it works well.
This stupid, corrupt government is up to its neck in stupid ideas that are at best, badly thought out.
We are being led by an idiot that is hell bent on making the country bankrupt and still thinks we can't see it.
Gordon Mugabe is running this country, the labour policy think tank has said there is not enough blacks in the countryside, take the farms off the white people then ! shoot a few if you want. There are many things that we have in common with Mugabe' governing style.
We have to get this idiot out of downing street, as quick as possible if you don't mind. Things would improve if Joey Deacon was running the country. I think he might have passed away now though... What a pity...

• Posted by: Mike4224 • Report Comment