On Sunday 4th March there is going to be a general election in Italy which may well see the return of Silvio Berlusconi to power. Well, not exactly, for nothing is simple in Italy. Berlusconi is banned from office, having been found guilty of tax fraud; but it is likely that a Berlusconi ally will take power, for the Berlusconi backed alliance is expected to do very well in a three-cornered fight. The Left, currently in power, is expected to do badly, and the Five Star Movement, which refuses to support either left or right, may lose ground. For once Berlusconi is not the issue; the real issue is immigration. It seems that all three groupings are now trying to show that they have noticed that this is a problem. This article from the Guardian gives you a picture of the situation. The Right are promising to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and the Five Star Movement (who control the Roman local government) are also declaring enough is enough, and even the left are acknowledging that something must be done. As for the immigrants themselves, this article tells the story from their point of view.