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Expulsions on charter flights

01 November 2003

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In his statement to parliament on 22 October, on the migrant deaths in Lampedusa days earlier (see above), interior minister Giuseppe Pisanu also gave an update on the struggle against illegal immigration. He stressed that in 2003 Italy has repatriated "four illegal immigrants found in Italy" for "every illegal immigrant who has disembarked". He said that the repatriations were not "deportations", but were carried out as a result of readmission agreements "with the countries of origin and transit", although it is not clear what difference this makes in terms of the act of removal. In 2002, expulsions from Italy included 26 charter flights that returned people to Albania, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Romania. Chamber of Deputies; report by the Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu on the tragic events in Lampedusa, 22.10.02

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