Mafia and migrants test Berlusconi

Article reports that rioting by migrant African crop-pickers and the violent backlash by local people in the southern Italian town of Rosarno in January 2010 has presented a stern test for Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right government.

Illegal immigration and law and order issues are turning into key themes ahead of important local elections in March 2010 as the prime minister’s coalition seeks to oust centre-left and radical left parties controlling several regional governments in the south, including Calabria.

LifeinItaly http://www.lifeinitaly.com/

ESO: Background information: Immigrants protest over racial abuse in Italy http://www.europeansources.info/record/immigrants-protest-over-racial-abuse-in-italy/

ESO: Background information: Italy steps up fight against Calabrian Mafia http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-steps-up-fight-against-calabrian-mafia/

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