Italy's Media Wrestle with Immigrant-Bashing

FLORENCE, Nov 24 (New America Media) - It sounds fairly benign in English, but in Italian clandestino has become a term of hot debate. Clandestinosare the "illegals" in Italy's immigration debate. It's the word for thecountry's million-plus immigrants without papers. The word comes loadedwith negative connotations. Now, Italian media observers are asking ifthe word itself is not fanning flames of xenophobia.

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