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Desecrated Borders
A country cant live beyond its means. A country cannot throw onto the shoulders of its own people the problems caused by tens of thousands of Roma people from Romania who are arriving in Italy. Valiums objection is always the same: Romania is in Europe. But what does Europe mean? Haphazard migration of people without work from one country to another? Without knowing the language, without the possibility of a welcome? Every day I am receiving hundreds of letters about the Roma people. Its a volcano, a time bomb. It needs defusing. We could have had a special arrangement for Romanian people. Other European countries have done this. We could have done serious checks at the point of entry. But nothing has been done. Whats the use of a government that does not guarantee the security of its citizens? What is it governing? Those who pay for this insecurity are the most vulnerable, the older people who live on the outskirts, in the social housing projects.Once upon a time, the borders...