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Theresa Maggio

Sicily

Refugees become Volunteers for New Refugees

June 20, 2015
Tags: refugee, Palermo, caritas, help, volunteer, sbarchi, arrivals, immigration, illegal, Africa, mali, ivory coast, ships, mediterranean, port
Last year's refugees helping fresh arrivals at the port of Palermo.
A beautiful story by my favorite La Repubblica reporter, Claudia Brunetto. I translate it here:
They arrived last June at the port of Palermo, picked up on the high seas by a military ship. And since then they live in the parish of Falsomiele, guided by Father Sergio Mattaliano, director of the Catholic charity  Read More 
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Emigant Ships in Palermo Harbor

January 22, 2015
Tags: emigrant, ship, Palermo, harbor, port, emigration, sicily, sicilia
From the Facebook group, "Palermo in Bianco e Nero."
My grandmother or my grandfather might have boarded one of these ships. Emigration is big business. It was legal to go to the United States, so my grandparents could travel ( separately; they weren't married when they left Sicily) in safe, steel ships instead of on rubber rafts or in unseaworthy fishing boats like the  Read More 
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Dusk at La Cala

April 4, 2014
Tags: dusk, imbrunire, Palermo, cala, port, twinkling, lights, palms, blue, sea, mountains, clouds, storm


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