Via Anelli Wall

The Via Anelli Wall is a three metre high wall built of steel with a length of eighty four metres, which encircles the Via Anelli quarter of Padua, northern Italy. [cite web
year=2006
month=August 14
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1844333,00.html
title=Out of sight, out of mind
publisher=The Guardian Unlimited
accessdate=2006-08-19 ] The quarter contains six apartment blocks that house roughly one and a half thousand people. The area used to be popular with students, but now is mainly populated by people from Africa seeking asylum in Italy. [cite web
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year =2006
month =August 11
url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2307208,00.html
title =Ring of steel locks in immigrants
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accessdate =2006-08-22]

The building of the wall was motivated by the extreme high crime rate in this quarter. [cite web
url=http://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2006/08_Agosto/10/padua.shtml
title=Padua Erects Wall to Combat Immigrant Violence
publisher=Corriere Della Sera - (English translation)
accessdate=2006-08-19 ] [cite web
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year = 2006
month =August 12
url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/italys-great-wall-designed-to-seal-in-the-criminals/2006/08/11/1154803102498.html
title =Italy's great wall designed to seal in the criminals
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publisher =The Sidney Morning Herald
language =
accessdate =2006-08-22] In particular the estate has been the scene of mass rioting between gangs made up of immigrants from Nigeria and Morocco as well as being well known for drug dealing. The construction of the wall, which is equipped with a checkpoint, was completed in two days; some opponents have dubbed it Padua's Berlin Wall [cite web
year = 2006
month =August 11
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4782925.stm
title =Padua builds wall in drugs battle
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accessdate =2006-08-22]

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