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La speranza vive a Pettinengo

C’è, in provincia di Biella, un villaggio nel quale i migranti da problema sono diventati una risorsa.

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Migrants find a warm embrace in the Italian Alps

SAN SIMONE DI VALLEVE, Italy — #San_Simone, a tiny village in the Italian Alps, once had a thriving ski economy. But financial issues kept the lifts closed this winter. The local hotel now houses about 80 African asylum-seekers who were assigned to live there when they arrived in Italy.

But restaurant owner Davide Midali saw promise in both his village and its new residents. To lure tourists back, he set out to build igloos that could be rented overnight, like ones he had seen in Sweden. That’s how a handful of immigrants unaccustomed to the cold picked up the art of igloo-making.

“When some of them saw me creating these blocks of snow, they voluntarily decided to give a hand to reach a common goal,” Midali said.

Working with a small crew of volunteers, Midali built six igloos, each taking several days to complete. Omar Kanteh, a Gambian citizen who has been in Italy for nine months, is among the newcomers who embraced the project, as well as its friendly foreman.

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