Photo by Martin Edström.
Struggling against xenophobia, African migrants try to survive in Italy.
Reportage by Martin Edström.
When most fled to Castel Volturno, only a few migrants stayed in Rosarno. The derelict warehouse, which earlier housed hundreds, stands as a haunted monument to the power of racial hatred. Soon, there would not be any trace, whatsoever, of the migrants that once lived their lives here.
Among the few who stayed back in Rosarno, none live in the open. In one of the orange plantations out of town, on the mud among the citrus trees, a small plywood cabin houses some of them. Afraid to be discovered by the police, they do not use a generator because of the sound. They do not have running water. On the mud floor, a single candle is their only light.
The guys living here, all North African, share a bottle of champagne and smoke cigarettes. “I have got no nothing. No money, no documents. I hope to get a job in Rosarno after all this is over. I had some money, but I sent it home to my family. So what can we do? If I do not smoke or drink, I can not sleep,” says Siriman.
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