03.10.2013 - 15:36 [ Voice of America ]

Berlusconi Behind Anti-Immigration Wave in Italy

(22.10.2010) Italy, a peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea, has long been a natural destination for migrants hoping to make it to Europe from Africa and the Middle East. But under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy has enacted some of the toughest immigration laws on the continent. Henry Ridgwell traveled to Florence to meet some of the immigrants who are experiencing the crackdown first hand, and some of the politicians who say tough laws are long overdue.