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Sixty-eight per cent of Italians, fuelled by often inflammatory attacks by the new rightwing government, want to see all of the country's 150,000 Gypsies, many of them Italian citizens, expelled, according to an opinion poll.

The survey, published as mobs in Naples burned down Gypsy camps this week, revealed that the majority also wanted all Gypsy camps in Italy to be demolished .

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:
Roma aren't from Romania.

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:
I wonder if George Bush will compare this to the Nazis?

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Originally posted by Slushy:
What will happen is some sort of vigilante groups will form, like the ones along the US/Mexico border. That's when things may get ugly.

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Originally posted by Slushy:

I thought Roma was short for Romanian.

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No - the more popular, though derogatory term is gypsies.

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And cheese off his friend Berlusconi? Not likely.

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:

It's funny that when something happens exactly like the Nazis GWB and friends stay quiet.

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For some reason I had thought that Italy was a very progressive country.

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:

Why?

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Originally posted by Slushy:
Italy can't legally expel Romanian citizens. According to the article, since Romania and Italy are members of the EU, their respective citizens can live and work anywhere in the EU.

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If I am correct, Italy could expel non-Italian Roma who are not able to find work after three months. The only catch is that if the Italian government returned any of the Roma, the same Roma could return to Italy as border restrictions from Romania to Italy are limited.