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Italy uses tough decree to expel Romanians

By Guy Dinmore in Rome

Published: November 4 2007 23:30 | Last updated: November 4 2007 23:30

Local authorities in Italy have started expelling Romanian immigrants under a tough decree that the government hurriedly issued in order to calm the public uproar concerning the brutal murder of a woman outside a Rome railway station.

The centre-left government is accusing an ill­prepared European Union of failing to anticipate a “mass exodus” of Romanians since the country’s entry into the EU in January.

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