Syrian Refugees on Strike at Italian Immigration Center
On the island of Lampedusa
A group of Syrian refugees has begun a hunger strike at the immigration reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
For those migrants who make the perilous crossing from Africa alive, the centre is the end of one journey, but the beginning of another. Many are frustrated that they are not being processed quickly enough to continue their route through Europe.
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But, since they are ILLEGAL human beings, as opposed to us LEGAL humanoids, let's us all hold our noses way high in the air, and say, "Well, at least WE were born at least a yard or two on the SUNNY side of the border / rail-road tracks." Born on the wrong side of the bayou, y'all go take a hike... Right is right, and illegal humanoids is illegal humanoids... Wrong is wrong, an' y'all, ya broke the LAWS of Sacred Government Almighty? ZERO TOLERANCE for y'all law-dis-respecting barbarians? CRIMINALS have no place among lar-respectrin' folks like us!!!