Brussels, 15/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - In the evening of Monday 14 February, Italy formally asked the European Commission for help from the EU for dealing with the flood of Tunisian immigrants arriving at the island of Lampedusa off the Sicilian coast in recent days. Some 5,500 Tunisians have already arrived, explained Michele Cercone on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström (see related political article). Italy's interior minister, Roberto Maroni,...