37 images Created 20 Jan 2015
Rosarno, 5 years later
January 2015, exactly five years after the rebellion of african farmhands in Rosarno, Calabria, Italy.
In the tent camp of San Fernando, which was supposed to be temporary, are living between 800 and 1000 people; in a nearby disused factory and without any services are sleeping about 300 workers more. Still others in some abandoned houses in the countryside, where the owners allow. They harvest mandarins, 1 euro per crate for about 20 crates a day, but there's no work everyday. The market prices throttle producers, the mafia ('ndrangheta) gain, it follows irregular work, illegal hiring, exploitation.
Without them, the mandarins would remain on the trees. Everyone knows the situation. The Municipality of San Ferdinando provide electricity (they have finally started work on upgrading the wiring because it works normally only a few hours a day) and recently signed an agreement with Caritas, that stay daily at the camp to provide assistance (medical, legal, some food, covers, etc.).
Often people get sick, it's cold and life conditions are very bad.
In May 2015 is preview to dismantle the camp but there isn't today a real alternative project. In this reportage you don't see many migrants faces. It's a choice, because they are living as fleeting shadows.
In the tent camp of San Fernando, which was supposed to be temporary, are living between 800 and 1000 people; in a nearby disused factory and without any services are sleeping about 300 workers more. Still others in some abandoned houses in the countryside, where the owners allow. They harvest mandarins, 1 euro per crate for about 20 crates a day, but there's no work everyday. The market prices throttle producers, the mafia ('ndrangheta) gain, it follows irregular work, illegal hiring, exploitation.
Without them, the mandarins would remain on the trees. Everyone knows the situation. The Municipality of San Ferdinando provide electricity (they have finally started work on upgrading the wiring because it works normally only a few hours a day) and recently signed an agreement with Caritas, that stay daily at the camp to provide assistance (medical, legal, some food, covers, etc.).
Often people get sick, it's cold and life conditions are very bad.
In May 2015 is preview to dismantle the camp but there isn't today a real alternative project. In this reportage you don't see many migrants faces. It's a choice, because they are living as fleeting shadows.
