Posted on 07/14/2016 7:39:28 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Wealthy locals show little sympathy for migrants gathering in Italian idyll as makeshift camps erected across Como
Lake Como has long served as tranquil paradise for the rich and famous including Madonna and Donatella Versace
Hundreds of migrants sleeping in parks and railway station as Switzerland closes its border closed in crackdown
Residents say migrants are not welcome and will stretch resources to breaking point - and deter tourists
The picturesque area is best known as a hide-away for Clooney and a multitude of other Hollywood A-listers includ Brad Pitt, wife Angelina Jolie, and pop superstar Madonna.
But a clamp-down by Switzerland on illegal immigrants entering the country from Italy threatens to turn this chic resort into a frontier town overrun by the homeless and desperate.
Restaurant owner Maria Grazia told MailOnline: ‘I don’t want them here.
‘Italy has enough problems without trying to solve the problems of the world. We [Italy] should not have to deal with these people on our own.
‘Europe [the EU] does nothing to help us. Now they make us – me, my family and other Italian families – pay for them.’
Housewife Federica, 55, said: ‘A small number of immigrants is not a problem but now they are so many.
‘You see them arriving at that the San Giovanni station. They are not poor hungry refugees but they are big and strong.
‘People here in Como don’t like them. There are simply too many of them.’
Tour guide Denise, 67, added: ‘Immigration here in Italy is a problem, a big problem because of the huge numbers who are arriving all the time.’
Chauffeur Santi, 26, said: ‘It is good for Switzerland that they have closed the border to migrants but it is bad for Italy.
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I was just on the Swiss side, It’s great, no Aficans at all
and pop superstar Madonna
Shouldn’t that read “former pop superstar Madonna”?
The cracks are appearing in this incredible fools errand.
Absolute madness.
Switzerland is not and never has been part of the EU.
Were you in Lugano? I love that part of the world...we used to go to Como every year (before Clooney) and I always thought if I didn’t live here I’d want to live there. It’s heaven.
YaY!
I know this story has been posted several times, but it still warms my heart to see the elites reap what their masters sow.
Some stories just make me smile!
Yeah, where were all these refugee migrants pre-Januay 20, 2009? It’s called colonization or how to overtake nations that no longer have balls due to PC.
The Daily Mail title makes it appear that Clooney is not part of the rich hypocrital cabal. He very much is part of it.
That's what they tell me that's what they say
It only hurts for a little while
Then all of your heartaches will pass away.....
“Were you in Lugano?”
Ascona and Locarno, not too far away. It is the place where the Swiss go on vacation.
Beautiful part of world destroyed by immigrants.
Hey Clooney, welcome to the real world.
WOW...it’s hard to imagine the Swiss even wanting to go on vacation....they’re already there. I am going to look up those places.
It is inevitable that eventually the left will pay the price for their own policies. Apparently it begins. With Clooney.
They go because it is warm and just like northern Italy
If I was rich and famous like Clooney I wouldn’t live where the celebs live. But these people want to be seen, so sorry George. All of Italy has beauty...it would be hard for me to choose!
Surprise! Those aren't "refugees", they're "immigrants" and they don't intend to work, and they don't intend to return. Oh, and Clooney and people like him can afford to blow the whole thing off and find another place to play, and they probably will. They don't have to live there.
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