A siege of Lampedusa – a bad dream for only Europe

On the Italian island of Lampedusa the emergency mode is prolonged: in 36 hours there arrived already nearly 7 thousand refugees which in search of food and waters started smashing the overloaded migrantsky center. The Italian newspapers do not mince words. Their headings – "A shame on Lampedusa" – show the French TV channels intelligibly to explain why Paris strengthens borders with Italy, and Germany stops reception of asylum-seekers from the Apennines. To hide a migration problem behind a shaky fence of Lampedusa – impracticable mission. Clinging to the lattice, tired police officers persuade refugees to suffer, but that...