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The case of the four children who burned to death has opened up a discussion about the Romani community in Italy.
The tragedy was largely to be expected. I believe that it is clear to everyone how these people live: in hygiene conditions of the third world, in tumble-down sheds, under the flyovers, with abusive attachments to the utilities, outside any type of law. The Romanies arrive in Italy without a job, without a house, without knowing our language. Do we want to welcome them? Are we able to welcome them? Do we have enough resources and above all, is this what the Italian citizens want? Only if there is a positive response to this question can the flow of nomads into our country continue and can we allow those who have already arrived to stay. Otherwise we are being the usual do-gooders at the expense of others.
If the law were to be applied, the thousands of Romani children who ask for money at every street corner or who are stealing, should be taken into care by the authorities, and parental rights of their parents should be denied them. If the law were to be applied there would be a rapid return to their homeland of thousands of Roma.
The problem cannot be tackled with the ostrich policy, just allowing the tensions and the problems to fall on Italian citizens. In this case, my position is closer to that of the mayors than to that of certain people in the Government.