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Italy: Govt 'planning to triple' immigrant detention centre capacity
(AKI) - The conservative Italian government is planning to more than triple the 1,200 illegal immigrants that can currently be held in the country's 11 detention centres, unnamed officials have told Adnkronos. Ministers were due to meet on Thursday to identify sites where the new centres could be located to hold 4,000-4,500 immigrants within the next few months. Feasibility studies are being carried out this week and the new centres are likely to be housed in former military barracks and military facilities, as well as disused prisons. Closeness to airports and non-proximity to residential areas will be factors in locating the new detention centres. The government wants to have one such centre in every Italian region. Sites under consideration include the southern city of Caserta, the northern towns of Boscomantico and Tessera in the Veneto region, Grosseto and Campi Bisenzio in Italy's central Tuscany region and Falconara, close to the Adriatic port city of Ancona in the Marche region. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-26 |
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