Invaded by foreign minors forced to commit crimes - Nordio

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 1 - Italy is being invaded by foreign minors coming on migrant boats and forced to commit crimes, swelling he underage prison population, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said Monday.
    "Our country's prison capacity has always been built and designed with a very substantial minority of juvenile inmates in mind," he said.
    "Then suddenly we were faced with an invasion of minors who come mainly from other countries.
    "Very often, criminal organisations put many minors in these boats.
    "Some of these are taken in, others are left to their own devices and are sometimes almost forced to commit crime.
    "This has created a completely new and emergency situation".
    (ANSA).