"Welcome to Lugano" (Swiss Press Text 2015, by Raffaella Brignoni) - Swiss Press Award

Area - quindicinale di critica sociale e del lavoro

Raffaella Brignoni

A reportage from a January night in the waiting rooms of Lugano station, where homeless people, mostly from Eastern Europe, hide. A reality of poverty and marginalization, a reflection of the severe economic crisis in many EU countries, is also being seen in Ticino for the first time. Yes, incredibly, in 2014, even here in Italy, there are people—some call them tramps—sleeping in the cold on the streets. We tell you their story of desperation and hope.