MENTON, France, and VENTIMIGLIA, Italy — It is morning in Europe. The sunlight crests the Italian hills, tarpaulins and umbrellas casting shadows onto gray rocks lapped by the Mediterranean Sea. As the water starts to shimmer like tin foil in the morning’s glow, the camp starts to wake up. Coughs and sneezes resonate from under blankets and plastic. Tall, thin, dark men unfold themselves from their ad-hoc beds. They stretch. They flip their blankets onto the canvas suspended above them, the better to shield their seaside dormitory from the sun.
Up on the coastal road, Manuela, an Italian volunteer, is …read more
Source: European Voice