“The hundreds who lost their lives off Lampedusa yesterday are Italian citizens as of today,” Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Friday – an official day of mourning for the victims.
EUobserver.com / Justice & Home Affairs / Italy grants citizenship to Lampedusa dead
The undocumented migrants who died in Lampedusa have been granted Italian citizenship. A noble gesture, one would say. However, the survivors, face this (from the link):
But for the survivors, crammed in a refugee centre hosting four times more people than its normal capacity, the situation remains dire. Under a law passed by the previous centre-right government, “clandestine immigrants” are considered illegal and have to pay fines of up to €5,000.
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