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2014-11-15 — telegraph.co.uk
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The ongoing recession has also exacerbated racial tensions, with some Italians blaming refugees and immigrants for their economic woes... In the last 12 months, around 150,000 [immigrants] made it to Italian soil, with many of them rescued by the Italian navy and coast guard as part of a humanitarian operation that was controversially shut down on Nov 1. Opposition to immigration has helped fuel a surge in support for the anti-immigrant Northern League party.
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