Dear Dirk,
I have piloted in my port not one, not two, not three...but at least 50 ships carrying these poor people, coming from all Mediterranean Countries and from Central Africa. So, You can imagine very easily how many persons and faces I have seen in the last year. I have not pointed out about the poor people who is onboard, but against the traffickers and also against my stupid Government which has spoused a politic of the free entrance. I can insure also to You that almost 5% of these people is remaining in Italy, they are not interested to stay in a country where there is no job for Italians...You can imagine for the rest. Once they are identified and registered by a sort of codebar they are questioned if they want to stay in the shelters or if they have relatives or friends in Europe, almost everybody is going to France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, even Norway and Sweden.
Regards