Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Italia unita tricolore

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BBC NEWS / AFRICA 
 
Monday, 19 April, 2004, 04:47 GMT 05:47 UK 
Italy's 'little Senegal'
BBC News Online's Joseph Winter is tracing the route of an African
migrant,
Mamadou Saliou "Billy" Diallo, who made it to Europe after a dangerous
journey across the Sahara. Here, in the fourth of five articles, he
visits
the Italian town of Brescia, where Billy shares a room with seven
Senegalese
men. 
Brescia, a nondescript town in Italy's industrial heartland, is
probably
better known in Senegal and other parts of West Africa than in much of
Europe. The reason lies about 13km from the town centre. 
[[Picture] Senegalese shop in Brescia]
In the foothills of the Italian Alps, hidden among row after neat row
of
wooden-shuttered chalets is the Residence Prealpino, where
overcrowded,
chaotic Dakar has been recreated in suburban Europe. 
Several hundred immigrants, mostly Senegalese men, have completely
taken
over this hostel, with up to 16 sharing a single room. 
As you approach, you can smell the exotic fragrances of Senegalese
rice
and fish being cooked. 
When they are not working, many immigrants prefer to hang around
outside
rather than remain cooped up in their rooms, which reek of multiple
layers
of body odour. 
At the weekend, Senegalese clothes and food are displayed for sale
outside
the front entrance, giving it the appearance of a West African market.
When Billy finally reached Brescia in 2000 after a gruelling six-month
journey, he was unable to contact the cousin he was looking for. 
But he bumped into some Senegalese taxi-drivers at the train station,
who
took him to the Residence Prealpino - the perfect landing pad for
newly
arrived immigrants to become acclimatised to living in Europe. 
Lack of integration 
Some of the Residence's rooms have been converted into restaurants
selling
Senegalese food or shops full of African clothes, music, videos and
beauty
products. 
There is also a mosque, with the muezzin opening the door to call the
faithful to prayers. 
The immigrants have even got a satellite dish which picks up
Senegalese
television and use special radio sets to listen to broadcasts from
home. 
When I was there, life came to a standstill as everyone watched a bout
between two of Senegal's most famous wrestlers, broadcast live from
Dakar. 
Moustapha Gueye, who has lived in Brescia for three years, blames the
Italians for the lack of integration. 
"It's hard for us to rent flats. Even if we have the money, the
Italians
don't want us to," he said. 
After four years in Brescia, Billy has just two Italian friends - they
run
a restaurant near the factory where he works. 
Indeed, when I got into a car with a Senegalese driver, we were
immediately
stopped and asked for our papers - it seems racial mixing is still
uncommon
enough to warrant police intervention. 
Unhealthy 
Most of the migrants I spoke to had come to Italy with a single goal
- to earn enough money to set themselves up in business back home and
then
return. 
[[Picture] Mody Kante cooking]
"I haven't come here as a tourist, I've come to earn some money. As
soon
as I've done that, I'm going back home to live with my family," said
Mody
Kante, who shares a room with Billy. 
Sharing rooms means rent is cheaper, so more of the meagre salaries
the
immigrants earn working in factories can be sent to the families back
home,
or saved up for their own eventual return. 
Rent is about 50 euros a month each - more if there are fewer people
in the
room - and it is obvious that hardly any of this goes on the hostel's
upkeep.
Inside, paint is peeling off the walls, plaster is falling off the
ceilings
and water leaks into the basement. 
In Billy and Mody's room, there is a double bed which is shared by
three
people. For chairs, they use six mattresses stacked in two piles. At
night,
these are pulled out to cover the floor, so all eight room-mates can
sleep
- or at least lie down. 
"It's not good for our health, we don't sleep well because there's
always
too much noise," Mody said. 
Billy uses the ear-plugs he was given when working in a noisy factory,
to
block out the snores of his room-mates. 
Unfulfilled dreams 
The men take it in turns to clean the room and cook for each other,
all
eating around a huge bowl in typical Senegalese fashion. 
They hardly ever go out, trying to save as much money as possible. 
When I asked Billy to recommend a good Italian restaurant in Brescia,
he was
completely stuck. 
But the European dream of working for 10 years or so and then going
back
home with enough money to go into business has not come true for
everyone. 
I met one man who has been in Brescia for 30 years - he was among the
first
Senegalese to come to Brescia and remembers when there were some
non-Africans in the Residence. 
He does not have a job at the moment and has been unable to save much
money. 
He would like to return to Dakar but after spending so long supposedly
getting rich in Europe, he could not bear the shame of going home
empty-handed. 
Looking for peace 
Issa Traore left his home in Burkina Faso 10 years ago to seek his
fortune
in Saudi Arabia. 
" It's not easy to find what you need and whatever you have, you want
more " 
Issa Traore 
That did not work out and he now sells coffee and breakfast outside
the
Residence Prealpino. 
"I conclude that everywhere in the world it's the same. It's hard
everywhere,
" he says. 
"In Burkina Faso, in Saudi Arabia, in Italy, I believe it's the same
in the
United States. It's not easy to find what you need and whatever you
have, you
want more." 
But he says he had to go abroad to find that out and now he is ready
to go
back home. 
After four years in the Residence, Billy wants to move out, even if it
would
be more expensive. 
"Some people don't understand the importance of hygiene and
cleanliness,"
he says. "And the police often raid the Residence, looking for those
without the right papers. So life would be more peaceful elsewhere." 
Billy says that the Brescia police want to close down the Residence,
knowing that it attracts illegal immigrants to the town. 
He hopes to move out and rent a flat with his brother and Mody and
eventually bring his wife Idiatou over from Dakar. 
In the meantime, if he ever feels homesick, he can always go back to
the
Residence to eat some rice and fish, watch Senegalese TV or buy the
latest
releases from Dakar's vibrant music scene. 
Joseph Winter will be answering questions about African migration at
the end
of April. Use the form below to send your questions. 
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(C) BBC
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Ecco serviti contemporaneamente il presidente Ciampi, gli ulivisti,
Alleanza Nazionale, gli italiani all'estero, i magistrati e le "forze"
dell'ordine.
Quella sopra delineata e' l'italia tricolore unita ed indivisibile del
XXI secolo, cosi' come l'hanno edificata loro. E Gianfranco Fini, che
indegnamente ricopre la carica di vice-premier, vuole concedere il
diritto di voto amministrativo a quella gente, preceduto pero' dalla
Regione Emila Romagna, che il voto amministrativo agli immigrati privi
di cittadinanza lo ha gia' riconosciuto, ponendosi di fatto al di
fuori della legalita' e della costituzione.
Padania libera !
La capitale e' la gran Milàn !
Federalismo subito o secessione armata !
Los von Rom !
MAI MULA', TEGN DÜR !
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Per non dimenticare: tra il 1987 e il 1994, la polizia di stato
italiana incaricata di rapinare banche, uffici postali, stazioni di
servizio e supermercati ha ucciso 24 persone tra Emilia Romagna e
Marche, ferendone 114. Nel solo assalto all'ufficio postale di via
Mazzini a Bologna, l'esplosione provocata dai poliziotti fece ben 40
feriti. Per contro, i reati che rimangono impuniti sono l'80.4% su
scala regionale (dato riferito all'Emilia-Romagna) e l'82% su scala
nazionale. Per il conseguimento di tali risultati degni di una
satrapia islamica, lo stato italiano estorce a noi cittadini del Nord
fino al 72% del reddito in tasse.
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"Il tricolore e' bello da vedere,
quando ricopre la cassa del carabiniere"
"Immigration's up, treaty cost's up, crime's up... Had enough?"

 quando ricopre la cassa del carabiniere"
Dillo però a Emilio Fede, che fra i "noglobal" ci sono anche i padani.