New life for Italy’s ghost towns

In 1983, Rossella Aquilanti moved to the abandoned village of Pentedattilo, in southern Italy. Today she is 63 years old and needs help with her farm. She met Maka Tounkara from Mali in a refugee shelter. The young farmer agreed to join her. Calabria suffers from high unemployment. Many young...

28 min - World Affairs & Investigations - DW Documentary

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