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The refugee emergency on Lampedusa continues to worsen, reports Corriere della Sera, with arrivals reaching a new high on Sunday — 2,000 in 24 hours — which takes the number of people packed into overcrowded facilities on the island to 7,000 (Lampedusa has resident population of 5,500). Interior minister Roberto Maroni had stern words for Italian regions that are reluctant to share in the burden of accommodating asylum seekers, and the Tunisian government, which he accused of breaching anti-immigration accords. In both cases, he is threatening to resort to coercive measures to relocate migrants. The Lega Nord representative reiterated his party’s opposition to intervention in Libya, which he believes will result in a protracted “quagmire,” and voiced support for the “soft” transition plan that Germany and Italy will present as an alternative to Franco-British proposals at the 29 March coalition summit.
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