From La Repubblica Palermo today:
"As the rain fell tensions rose," wrote Repubblica reporter Claudia Brunetto.
Disembarkation operations yesterday for hundreds of newly rescued boat people were only half done by 6 p.m.. The remaining hundreds were left on the ship's deck in the cold rain to await processing: a sandwich to eat, clothes to wear, miedical triage, identification, and then to the police station for a mugshot. They are illegal immigrants until determined to be refugees. During the long wait one woman had a panic attack and went into a fit. One guy jumped from the ship deck to the dock. People were shaking with the cold, covered their heads with their gold-coated thermal blankets. They were still being offloaded late at night, according to the report.
"As the rain fell tensions rose," wrote Repubblica reporter Claudia Brunetto.
Disembarkation operations yesterday for hundreds of newly rescued boat people were only half done by 6 p.m.. The remaining hundreds were left on the ship's deck in the cold rain to await processing: a sandwich to eat, clothes to wear, miedical triage, identification, and then to the police station for a mugshot. They are illegal immigrants until determined to be refugees. During the long wait one woman had a panic attack and went into a fit. One guy jumped from the ship deck to the dock. People were shaking with the cold, covered their heads with their gold-coated thermal blankets. They were still being offloaded late at night, according to the report.