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FACTS

• 100 of African immigrants rioted in the south Italy city of rosamo last weekend
• Italy is one of the most rapidly changing countries in Europe .

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• The violence erupted in Rosarno on Jan. 7 after two African immigrants were shot by white men with pellet guns.
• The town's immigrants responded by burning cars and vandalizing shops, prompting retaliatory attacks by residents.

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• The region of Calabria, where Rosarno is located, makes up the toe of Italy's boot. Seasonal migrants — mostly from Africa and Eastern Europe — have long been employed to work in the citrus orchards there.

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• The challenge for Italy is to match its policies with reality. About 20% of Italy's foreign population is under age 18. Many of these people know no other home other than the land that won't accept them as its own.

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• "We're creating a group of people who are heavily marginalized and will react the way that marginalized people react," says Sciortino

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• They pick the fruit in the country's orchards, staff its restaurants and workshops and look after its young and elderly.