ITALY IMMIGRANTS

Italian authorities compile the records of Kurdish families who arrived in the Palese shelter camp near Bari, southern Italy, Wednesday, March 20, 2002 after being transfered from the Sicilian port of Catania where they arrived with a shipload of nearly 1,000 would-be-immigrants, Monday, March 18. The Italian government declared Wednesday a nationwide state of emergency to make it easier for local officials to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Vittorio Arcieri)