I wanted to look at what options
migrants in Italy had if they were
allowed to day from what I'd heard it
was by no means an end to their struggle
while trying to reach other parts of
Europe many migrants get stuck in
southern Italy so that's where we went
next along with two coachs of Africans
being escorted onto the mainland for
processing and possible
deportation the police guarding them
weren't taking any
chances our first stop was
Rosano Rosano is a small agricultural
town town in Calabria on the Italian
Mainland at first glance it looks like
anywhere in southern Italy but 3 years
ago it was very much in the
news the 2010 race riots were among the
worst in Italy's history as African
fruit Pickers took to the streets
protesting conditions described as
subhuman but have conditions improved
since as we arrived we spotted a group
of migrants sitting on the edge of the
road waiting for some kind of casual
labor for the day to come their way
after making our approach it was clear
that many did not want to be filmed it's
quite hard to gain people's trust they
really don't want to be filmed if
they're caught talking on camera then a
farmer isn't going to employ them they
don't want to show that they're kind of
against the way they're treated they
don't want to show that they're being
exploited eventually a marlean immigrant
agreed to share his experiences of
Getting By in
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Rosano and home is a camp set up after
the riots by the government who've now
left the migrants to their own
devices suan had fled the marlean Civil
War been kidnapped in Libya but
eventually managed to get on a boat to
lampedusa only to end up here with few
prospects to improve his
situation it's just like a refugee camp
I mean it could be on a border in West
Africa to see people living like that in
Europe is
shocking the state provides little help
so it's down to Nos and concerned
civilians to act this bus regularly
takes migrants to improvised food and
clothing
banks the man who drives it is bartalo a
local who during the 2010 riots helped
move immigrants to
safety so the bus is already pretty full
and he's about to let on about the same
amount of people again standing into a
giant sardine
camp this road is pretty treacherous if
he makes a wrong
turn it's bye-bye to the migrant
population of
Rosano at the NGO Center some Aid is on
offer while the migrants helped
themselves to clothes and awaited a
hearty Italian meal bartalo invited us
to visit some squatters living in nearby
Fields you been for
going see where
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these in an Orange Grove owned by a
local farmer lives Raphael he arrived 18
years ago from Bina Faso even with
residency papers he has not found a
job how many people live in here
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it's easy to sleep in here with this
many people
before you left Bina Faso for Europe you
must have had certain expectations
about it's just ridiculous I mean these
are all like able-bodied men and they're
living in these ridiculous conditions I
mean no one should have to live like
this just as we were leaving the owner
of the Orange Grove turned up he had a
bone to pick with his unofficial
tenants for
stepped in to ease the tension tension
which is never far from the surface
among the
locals talking to some of the locals
around here about migrants there are
some mixed feelings you know it's it's
an old population a white population all
Italians and you know there is a lot of
friction this was very traditional place
and it's changed forever since the
migrants started coming a few decades
ago there a lot of people who are
understanding but again there a lot of
people who wish there weren't migrants
around and it seems like the migrants
have had enough too with a steady stream
landing on Italian Shores every week
things certainly aren't looking up
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