Tunisians fleeing unrest arrive in droves in Italy - KansasCity.com: "Hundreds of Tunisians on Friday arrived on a tiny Sicilian island, fleeing chaos in their homeland and prompting Italy to demand that the European Union take stronger action to prevent an uncontrolled wave of migrants from North Africa.
On Friday afternoon, four boats crowded with some 300 Tunisians reached Lampedusa. Earlier in the day, the U.N. refugee agency said some 1,600 Tunisians had landed in Italy since Jan. 16, half of them arriving in the last few days.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said he feared Tunisian terrorists were among those who escaped prisons during anti-government protests that forced dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee Jan. 14.
“There is the risk of a real and true humanitarian emergency,” he said, adding he had asked the EU to raise the issue because it was affecting Europe’s internal security."
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