Illegal Immigration Jumps 60% in 2008
ANSAmed September 25 2008



ROME. The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Italy in the first nine months of the year was 60% higher than the same period in 2007, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said today.

The minister made his remarks after the cabinet approved a bill to build ten new centers for the identification and deportation of illegal aliens. According to Maroni, the sharp rise in the number of illegal immigrants made the new centers necessary.

A total of 23,600 illegal immigrants arrived in Italy from January through September, compared to 14,200 during (...)

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