This is worrying

rimm

"These are dark-skinned people, not Europeans like you and me," said Riccardo De Corato, who is Milan's vice mayor from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling party and who is in charge of handling the camps. He later added: "Our final goal is to have zero Gypsy camps in Milan."

Its obviously geting a bit beyond a joke over there. Anyway, to put this to bed and stop me wanting to bite my computer desk, at least this forum is full of intelligent folk who all know score. 8)

Rene

For more information, check out Travellers Times online. A good source of news and information traveller style, and pretty compulsory reading.

frater

I live in Milan and it seems to me still a pretty tolerant place. Anyway I guess you can see the situation much better from Washington...

Bones

"These are dark-skinned people, not Europeans like you and me," said Riccardo De Corato, who is Milan's vice mayor from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling party and who is in charge of handling the camps

Jeez, from this quote sounds like the old south in the US.

I doubt any politician in the US would PUBLICLY make such a statement.

Bones

I should say that I doubt they would publicly make such a statement THESE DAYS.