Show Navigation

Valeria Mongelli

  • Portfolio
  • Selected Stories
    • Aboard the Sea Watch 3
    • The Ukrainian Women Going Home Despite the Danger
    • Moldova, Land of Welcome and Country in Probation
    • Where the Balkan Route Ends
    • The Steel Plant Mothers
    • Domestic Violence at the Thailand-Myanmar Border
    • Mae Sot, the Migratory Gateway to Thailand
  • About
  • Contact
  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area

Valeria Mongelli

Selected Stories All Galleries
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

12 images Created 8 Jul 2022

Where the Balkan route ends

The game: this is how migrants name the challenge of crossing borders without being caught by the police. In recent months, the Val di Susa (Piedmont) has become a hub for those following the Balkan route and trying to reach France through steep mountain paths. In Oulx, a few kilometers away from the French border, a refugee shelter supervised by several nonprofit organizations offers them food, warm clothes, and a bed. Here, migrants can also find legal and medical assistance. Journalist Alessia Manzi and I followed some of the migrants through their journey.
Different versions of this story have been published in El País, Il Manifesto, Revue Choisir, and EDL-Espace des Libertés. As en example: https://elpais.com/elpais/2022/02/21/album/1645459618_982940.html
View: 100 | All

Loading ()...

  • Italy, Claviere, 2021/09/01. Migrants from Iran and Pakistan are seen while crossing the French Italian Alps border between Claviere and Briancon. The border between Oulx, Claviere and Briancon has become a fundamental stop along the Balkan route. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Claviere, 2021/09/01. Des immigres venant de Iran et Pakistan traversent la frontiere des Alpes franco italiennes entre Claviere et Briancon. La frontiere entre Oulx, Claviere et Briancon est devenue une etape fondamentale sur la route depuis les Balkans. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    1_P2_9643.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/02. Migrants from Afghanistan are portrayed in Oulx refugee shelter. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/02. Des migrants venant d Afghanistan sont pris en photo dans le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    2_IMG_0797.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Shler, 37, a Kurdish migrant, is portrayed with her son Parva, 2, in Oulx refugee shelter. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Une mere kurde et son enfant sont pris en photo dans le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    3_IMG_1716.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/01. A close-up of migrant feet in Oulx refugee shelter. Migrants walk along the Balkan route for months or years and their feet are often in critical conditions. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/01. Un detail des pieds des migrants dans le refuge de Oulx. Les migrants marchent sur la route des Balkans pendant des mois ou des annees et leur pieds sont souvent dans des conditions critiques. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    4_P2_9895.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/02. Migrants are distributed clothes and shoes at the migrant shelter in Oulx. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/02. Des vetements chauds et des chaussures sont distribues aux migrants dans le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    5_IMG_1008.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/01. A nurse of the organization Rainbow for Africa checks blood saturation of an Afghan child in Oulx migrant shelter. Every day, nurses check migrants' temperature and blood saturation as a preventive measure against Covid-19. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/01. Une infirmiere de l organisation Rainbow for Africa controle la saturation sanguine d un gracon immigre d Afghanistan dans le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx. Tous les jours, les infirmieres controlent la temperature et la pression sanguine des migrants comme mesure de prevention contre le Covid 19. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    6_IMG_0717.JPG
  • France, Briancon, 2021/09/01. A migrant is shaving in the refugee shelter in Briançon after crossing the French-Italian Alps border. The border between Oulx, Claviere and Briancon has become a fundamental stop along the Balkan route. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
France, Briancon, 2021/09/01. Un migrant se rase dans le refuge pour migrants de Briancon apres avoir traverse illegalement la frontiere entre Italie et France. La frontiere entre Oulx, Claviere et Briancon est devenue une etape fondamentale sur la route depuis les Balkans. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    7_IMG_0378.JPG
  • France, Briancon, 2021/09/01. Migrants from Afghanistan rest in the refugee shelter in Briançon after crossing the French-Italian Alps border. The border between Oulx, Claviere and Briancon has become a fundamental stop along the Balkan route. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
France, Briancon, 2021/09/01. Des migrants venant d Afghanistan se reposent dans le refuge pour migrants de Briancon apres avoir traverse illegalement la frontiere entre Italie et France. La frontiere entre Oulx, Claviere et Briancon est devenue une etape fondamentale sur la route depuis les Balkans. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    8_IMG_0477.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Migrants prepare their backpack in Oulx shelter before crossing the border to France. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Des immigres preparent leur sac a dos dans le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx avant de traverser la frontiere entre Italie et France. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    9_IMG_1494A.JPG
  • Italy, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Migrants leave the refugee shelter in Oulx to cross the border to France. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Oulx, 2021/09/04. Des migrants quittent le centre d accueil pour refugies de Oulx pour traverser la frontiere avec la France. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    10_IMG_1556.JPG
  • Italy, Claviere, 2021/09/01. The French police stops migrants from Iran and Pakistan at the French-Italian Alps border while they were trying to illegally cross it. The border between Oulx, Claviere and Briancon has become a fundamental stop along the Balkan route. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Claviere, 2021/09/01. La police francaise arrete des immigres venant de Iran et Pakistan pendant qu ils essaient de traverser illegalement la frontiere des Alpes franco italiennes entre Claviere et Briancon. La frontiere entre Oulx, Claviere et Briancon est devenue une etape fondamentale sur la route depuis les Balkans. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    11_P2_9813.JPG
  • Italy, Claviere, 2021/09/02. An Afghan family starts the journey across the mountains. They will cross the Italian-French Alps border from Claviere to Briancon overnight. Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.<br />
Italie, Claviere, 2021/09/02. Une famille afghane commence le voyage a travers les montagnes. Ils vont traverser la frontiere entre Italie et France de Claviere a Briancon pendant la nuit. Photographie de Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas.
    12_IMG_1320.JPG