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TITLE OF PRODUCT:

A life to die for in Italy! The rendition of a Romanian Reporter

NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

„Evenimentul zilei”

PLACE AND DATE OG PUBBLICATION:

4th May, 2000, in „Evenimentul zilei”, Bucharest

TYPE OF PRODUCT:

Article, Web Article

LANGUAGE/S OF PRODUCT:

Romanian

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

This is the rendition of an undercover Romanian reporter who travels to Italy and tells the stories of various Romanian young men who left Romania for Italy, some 4-10 years before, in search of a better, easier life. These people tried at first to get jobs but that proved difficult because they were not given the soggiorno working permit, so they turned to stealing or to working illegally and they got conned by their employers who refused to pay them the sums of money agreed upon. They lodge in train stations, abandoned houses, trailers or cars, in ports, they eat at social canteens, they steal and they do not want to come back to Romania because they got used to not working.

COMMENTS ON THIS DOCUMENT:

The article explains the vicious circle of immigration: people immigrate because they want to earn more money and live a better life than in their own countries. If they are not allowed to work they will try other means of making money. Working illegally will turn them into outcasts, though there are people who could use their workforce. The immigrants become complacent to their new status and give up trying to make an honest living.

NAME OF COMPILER:

Sugurel Anca

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

`Carmen Sylva` Pedagogical High school, Timisoara, Romania

ROLE:

Teacher - researcher



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