Italian police chief Farnco
Gabrielli said Tuesday there had been a lot of "confusion" over
new planned centres for migrant identification and expulsion
(CIEs) in every Italian region and they would not be "new
Guantanamos".
"There has been a lot of confusion on the CIEs, no one wants
to create Guantanamos: we simpy want to apply the law which
envisages the expulsion of undocumented migrants. And expulsions
cannot be done in 48 hours, sometimes not even three months; you
have to identify the person, who must be recognised by the State
who will take him back and that takes time"," Gabrielli said.
"On average 50% of persons in the CIEs are repatriated,
because the recognition of the foreign State is a precondition.
When I hear talk of mass expulsions I say: How? Where? You have
to measure up to reality".
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