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HungerStrike.wmv

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    They are about 30 Tunisians in a space made available by officials of Ventimiglia rail station
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    Faces tired from the back and forth between France and Italy.
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    On Monday all started a hunger strike. In total more than a hundred immigrants stopped eating
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    Probably for them one of the last ways of making themselves heard.
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    They have no roof over their heads. The capacity of the welcome centre provided by the Red Cross
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    is insufficient. It holds only 50. Now they are in the rail station, in the gardens, in the parks.
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    There is nothing to eat. There is no shower. There is absolutely nothing.
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    First of all we want to break the wall of silence.
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    The immigrants are not able to reach their friends or relatives in France.
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    We demand freedom of movement for them and that they be allowed to find work in Italy or Europe.
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    Europe. All of these Tunisians see Ventimiglia as the gateway to it.
Title:
HungerStrike.wmv
Description:

Tunisian illegal immigrants go on hunger strike in Ventimiglia.

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Video Language:
French
Duration:
01:16

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