“Here I feel safe.
These few words, so simple in appearance, written diligently on a balance sheet by these teenagers, most of whom come from Africa, make us forget for a moment the tragedies experienced.
Impromptu departures for the other side of the world, escapes to escape a forced marriage or excision, death by drowning avoided in the Mediterranean.
Their dream of going to school or of becoming a footballer did not include all the violence seen or experienced on the routes of emigration.
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