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EU lawmakers scold Italy for Gypsy fingerprinting
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| Last Edited | RP Jul 07, 2008 09:36pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 8, 2008 03:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | European Union lawmakers on Monday condemned Italian plans to fingerprint tens of thousands of Gypsy adults and children, calling it a discriminatory action that smacked of Nazi Germany.
Legislators called for an EU-wide policy that would help integrate Gypsies into mainstream society.
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, said last week that fingerprinting was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion. Italian officials have been blaming Gypsies for rising crime. |
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