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…Over this dude’s dead body.  Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi politically b**ch slapped any notion of Italy welcoming in immigrants seeking a better life, and also recommended having immigrants “screened” by way of Libya before entering the country.

Berlusconi’s remarks came during a news conference that has gained him praise from some, and outrage from others.  Berlusconi is willing to welcome some immigrants, but only those seeking political asylum.

Piero Fassino, a member of Italy’s left, supported Berlusconi’s screening measure, but could not ride with him on his most recent rejections of a multicultural country.  Fassino, and others believe Berlusconi is missing the boat on this one, as a multiculturalism is inevitable.  He told the Corriere della Sera newspaper,

“He’s wrong, and seriously so…Let’s just accept with honesty that Italy — like France and Germany already are — will become a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-religious country.”

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