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Sicily

Mayor Leoluca Orlando: Europe Like Pontius Pilate

Mayor Orlando says Europe has washed its hands of the tragedy and abandoned Sicily and Italy to its own devices when it comes to handling the huge continuing wave of refugees.
Three rescued Somalis, picked up by Maltese mercantile ship, arrived at Palermo and were hospitalized for health problems. Altogether 91 Somalis arrived at Palermo's port Saturday, and they were greeted by the mayor of Palermo himself. This was the third arrival of refugees in Palermo in four days. On Wednesday no less than 1,200 disembarked at Palermo alone. The next day 15 of them were arrested and accused of having thrown 14 of their fellow travelers, all Christians, to the sharks, during a religion-fueled fight on an overcrowded rubber raft..
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