Thirty Tunisian asylum
seekers who climbed onto a roof in protest after their claims
were rejected have been repatriated, sources said Monday.
The rejected asylum seekers were hosted in an
Identification and Expulsion Center (CIE) in the town of Pian
del Lago in Caltanissetta province in Sicily.
Earlier today they climbed onto the roof of several
buildings of the CIE, throwing stones and objects at staff and
police in a bid to escape being forcibly taken back to Tunisia.
The protest simmered down after mediation by immigration
staffers from the Caltanissetta police station. The 30 Tunisians
climbed down and boarded a bus that took them to Palermo airport
for their flight to Tunis.
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