03 July 2008

Under new European Union rules...

...the first 699 shanty-towns are apparently deductible.
-- ROME -- Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations.

More than 700 encampments have been built, mainly around Rome, Milan and Naples, populated almost entirely by Gypsies, also known as Roma.
Of course, not everyone is happy about the latest attempt to get things under control.
Charges of discrimination have rained in from international groups including the UN's Children Fund and the Council of Europe.

The Italian chapter of Amnesty International called the move “discriminatory, disproportionate and unjustified.”
Paging Taliban Jack.

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