Word: fernanda
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Italian officials insist they do not intend to go the way of France and Germany, but many of them are worried because the country is host to about 800,000 legal and at least 300,000 illegal foreign workers, even as unemployment heads toward 10%. Says Social Affairs Minister Fernanda Contri: "We need to work on the idea of a certain number of foreigners allowed in, a fixed number each year." To guard against a return of the Albanian boat people who were sent back two years ago, the Italian navy is patrolling the Adriatic. The powerful opposition group...