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Lampedusa migrants condemned by Mayor Salvatore Martello
Deutsche Welle ^ | September 17, 2017 | Alistair Walsh

Posted on 09/18/2017 10:14:07 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa, destination for many migrants setting off from Tunisia, complained on Sunday that his town was on the verge of societal collapse.

Groups of migrants were flouting laws, harassing women and getting drunk, Mayor Salvatore Martello said in an open letter to Italian news agency ANSA and in comments to Italian news outlets.

"Threats, harassments, thefts, Lampedusa is about to collapse," Martello wrote, calling for the closure of the "useless" migrant center on the island. "Police are powerless," he wrote.

"The bars are full of Tunisians who are drunk and harass women. I receive tens of messages from frightened tourists, hoteliers, traders and restaurateurs who suffer daily."

After a decade out of power, Martello was re-elected recently as mayor of Italy's southernmost island, which over the past 20 years has become a primary entry point for migrants to Europe. At times its temporary migrant population has outnumbered the island's 6,000 permanent residents.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hijrah; italy; lampedusa; migrants

1 posted on 09/18/2017 10:14:07 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

These creatures are NOT immigrants. They are NOT refugees.

They are INVADERS. Kick them out! If necessary, PUT THEM ON BOATS AND DUMP THEM ASHORE WHERE THEY EMBARKED FROM.


2 posted on 09/18/2017 10:16:51 AM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Pope Frankie ain’t gonna like that.


3 posted on 09/18/2017 10:17:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Priest denies problems

The island’s parish priest said he was surprised by Martello’s comments, in comments to La Stampa(Italian language).

“He said the recent Tunisian arrivals were “very young and certainly noisy,” but that the island remained calm and it was possible to live there. He said he had recently brought a delegation to the island and that the migrants remained almost invisible.

“I’m not at all aware of disturbances or crimes.” He said it was probable that Martello was seeking to boost his political position.”

Pope Dope II sent the word out. The Mayor of Lapmedusa should take them all, put them on buses and drive them to Vatican City and dump them all out there. In a very short time the Romans will remove this idiot pope and replace him with a rational mind.


4 posted on 09/18/2017 10:21:20 AM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The mayor speaks the truth. The politicians in Rome have sacrificed Lampedusa to the invading hordes of goat-porkers.


5 posted on 09/18/2017 10:32:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Constantly doing things in opposition to human nature is insanity.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

a country either defends itself or it goes down the toilet

certainly Italy should realize this, based on its history


6 posted on 09/18/2017 11:04:59 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Too bad about Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJiTNj9Ugk


7 posted on 09/18/2017 11:06:02 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: dfwgator

Pope Francis, in Lampendusa, after his election to the papacy.

8 posted on 09/18/2017 11:24:50 AM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Where’s the mafia when you need them?


9 posted on 09/18/2017 11:35:18 AM PDT by SailormanCGA72
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To: SailormanCGA72

The mafia supports the invasion.


10 posted on 09/18/2017 11:36:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I would say martial up a militia but you’re outnumbered and probably outgunned.

They’ve invaded and took your island.


11 posted on 09/18/2017 11:47:58 AM PDT by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Now there are a bunch of Lampedusa folk singers.


12 posted on 09/18/2017 3:11:21 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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