Severe repression as migrants riot on Lampedusa
No Borderer | 22.09.2011 01:37 | Migration | Repression | World
However, resistance can pose particular problems on the small Island of Lampedusa since there is no easy means of escape, and once out of the prison, migrants were then attacked by residents
Below you can see footage of an incredibly violent and dangerous police response, which knocked or forced many detainees off a 12ft wall:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcICc0SRhIw
Other footage here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLWC9mKGxfk&feature=player_embedded
http://multimedia.lastampa.it/multimedia/in-italia/lstp/30859/
The Mayor has actually said that they are at war, and resportedly showed journalists a baseball bat and said that people one the island had to defend themselves.
A swift deportation is now planned for the detainees who resisted and only fought for their freedom.
No Borderer