Dateline
Italy’s One Euro Homes script
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Tonight, on Dateline... While Australian property prices have
soared Upsot Auctioneer: At three million... sold! Imagine a place where you can buy a
house for just one dollar fifty. UPSOT: Valeria: Well, here we have the
first house at €1, if you want to see it. Evan: Oh, this is actually
€1? Valeria: One Euro. Yes. But what’s
the catch? UPSOT: Danny:
There's no bathroom here. I think they would have probably just washed... Evan: They’re overrated. Are foreign
buyers the answer to help reverse Italy’s rural depopulation problem, or
could there be another solution? ROSARIO: We gave help to people who arrived by sea, /// but in the same way, these people were helping the village to have another chance. |
PROGRAM TITLE: Italy’s One Euro Homes Evan Williams, Colin Cosier, Micah McGown |
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INSPECTING €1 HOMES
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Evan drives into Mussomeli SUPER: Evan Williams, reporter |
In central
Sicily, the hilltop town of Mussomeli is a maze of
medieval streets and historic houses And it’s experiencing a property
boom...at the lower end of the market |
LOCATION TITLE: Mussomeli |
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Today, I’m meeting a local real estate
agent who’s going to show me what’s on the market |
Evan meets Valeria outside home #1 SUPER: Valeria Sorce, Real estate agent |
D1C1 Valeria: Buongiorno. /// Evan: I'm Evan. Valeria: Valeria. Nice to meet you. Evan: thanks very much for seeing us today. Valeria: it is a pleasure Evan: so what are we going to see first? Valeria: This is the first house for one Euro I wanted to show you. Evan: one Euro Valeria: Yeah, it’s one Euro Evan: wow. Let's have a look /// Evan: Has this just come on the market then? Valeria: Yeah, it's a new one. |
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I’M EXPECTING A
HOUSE AT THIS PRICE WILL NEED A LOT OF WORK |
Evan and Valeria inside home #1 |
D1C1 Evan: Okay. All right. Okay. Valeria: Here, there is kind of living room // Evan: And then right on top, there is the tiles. Valeria: Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. We are on
the top of the house. /// Evan: But it's in good nick. It's quite nice. Let's have a look at the other room then. Valeria: Yeah. Lets go. Evan: Okay. En
suite? Valeria: Yeah. With the bathroom. Evan: Bathroom. Yeah. There we go. That's obviously been put in. It's a modern addition. Valeria: Yeah. Evan: It's fantastic. |
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I’M SURPRISED TO FIND THE
HOUSE IS LIVEABLE |
D1 C1 |
Evan: This is quite nice. This is a classic sort of Italian balcony, a Sicilian balcony, right? Valeria: Yeah, is it. Evan: I reckon you can see the mountain there. That's great. Valeria: Yeah. You can see the mountain. Evan: Yeah. Nice place for a coffee. /// Evan: So this is
the old medieval section and that’s the next section? Great. It's a really spectacular town though, isn't it? All up in the
mountains. |
Mussomeli GVs |
FOREIGNERS ARE DRAWN TO ITALY’S
COBBLED STREETS AND RUSTIC CHARM. IT’S NO FLORENCE OR VENICE, BUT HERE
IN MUSSOMELI ANYONE CAN BUY A SLICE OF THE ITALIAN DREAM – FOR LESS THAN A
CUP OF COFFEE... AND THEY’RE SELLING FAST |
Evan and Valeria walk n talk through town |
Evan: Now what about some of these places? Are any of these coming on the market? Valeria: Well, this one, we sold this one here. Leaving, we sold that one. Evan: Really? Are these all one Euro houses? Valeria: No, the house more than one Euro. But probably this one will be soon in the market. That one Euro. Evan: This one here? Valeria: We are working on this. Yes. Evan: I quite like to look at it. Valeria: You want to buy it? Evan: I like the balcony. I've got one on me now. Valeria: I can keep it for you. Evan: Good, please. I like that one. |
House #2 EXT |
Evan: Love it. Let's go have a look. Valeria: Let's go. |
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Evan: Oh, wow. Okay. Nice high ceilings. Okay. So tell me about this place. Valeria: Well, here, this is like the living room. There is a toilet there that probably, I will advise you take it out. Evan: Renovate. Okay. Okay. So interesting space. Different to the other one. Valeria: Exactly. Evan: Worse condition. You can smell. It's a bit musty. So it's a bit damp. Would you say water's getting in here somewhere? Valeria: Probably yes, because this one is like the original roof. Evan: Oh, okay. |
House #2 INT |
Evan: How much do you think people have to
put into these houses to bring them back? I know it's different because
depends on the problem. Depends on the materials. But roughly speaking, how
much would you say you have to put into the house? Valeria: A minimum of 20,000, 25,000 in the house and one Euro. You have to calculate like really a minimum then more, yes. Less, no. Evan: Yeah. Yeah. And that would depend on the actual condition? Valeria: Exactly. Evan: If it didn't have a roof, for example, you might be looking at much, much more. Valeria: ) Yeah /// Evan: Do you ever walk into a place and
think even from one Euro, I'm not going to sell this. Valeria: Yeah. It's happened sometimes, but
even though we sell it, so... Evan:
Oh really? Valeria: Yeah. |
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reason these places are so cheap is because there are so many of them. Upsot- buonjourno In
the past few decades alone, over a million Italians left their towns and
villages, moving to the cities or abroad in search of work and opportunities.
Mussomeli is a textbook example The
town has houses for about 40,000 people... but a population of only 11,000 And the old homes have been abandoned for
years |
Walk and talk something |
Evan: So, how many one Euro houses are for sale and how many do you sold? Valeria: In this moment available around 30 property. Evan: Wow. Valeria: That we sold around 100. Evan: Oh, really? So, it's been very successful. Valeria: It was. It is
actually. |
Evan and Valeria walk away |
Evan: This on the market? Valeria: For sale. Evan: This one and this one. Valeria: It's just one house. Evan: Oh, that's one big house is it? That's quite big? . Valeria: It is. But need a lot of work. |
DANNY’S HOMES
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Evan walks around Mussomeli Town GVs, people |
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TAKING ON A HUGE RENOVATION FOR A 1
EURO HOUSE REQUIRES COMMITMENT, AND NOT JUST A FINANCIAL ONE. BUYERS HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEY
REALLY WANT TO LIVE HERE. |
Evan meets Danny at his €1 home SUPER: Danny McCubbin, NEW RESIDENT |
Evan: Hi. Hello, Danny.
Danny: Hi, Evan.
Evan: Knock, knock.
Danny: Come in. Yeah, very good. Thanks.
Evan: How are you? Good to see you. This
is amazing. /// Evan: What's an Australian doing in a town like this in a house like this? /// Danny: Good question, Evan. Good question. /// Danny: So I was looking to move to Italy. I've been obviously Australian in London for 23 years. Passionate about Italy and I saw it as a way of of moving here and sort of an entry into life in Sicily /// Evan: And so what did you like about this one? /// Danny: I don't have any building skills and I'm not a great handyman, but I could tell with this house that the foundations were pretty good and that it was in a pretty good state compared to many of them, which are just rubble. // Danny - what I
loved about this place is its original, it's being abandoned for 15 years. So when I walked in, there was just as if the person had
got up and left. Actually, sadly, she died /// so
it’s a bit of a mess, come and have a look, mind your way, there’s no lights
or anything. |
INT Danny’s €1 home |
Danny: So this was the bedroom.
Evan: Yeah.
Danny: Like original original bedroom. Yeah. And when I when I first saw it, it's changed a bit now. But the lady actually died in this, died here and they had all the chairs lined up here because that's what they do to view her and say goodbye.
Danny: The TV was covered in the corner, but it still didn't freak me out. //// Danny: I've saved a
lot of her stuff just because there's some good memories here and some lovely
objects. But it is almost like the kids come and take what they want the
family and then the rest is just left. |
Danny’s kitchen |
Danny: So this is the kitchen.
Evan: OK.
Danny: And I think this is what sold the house for me. Just I don't know. I can just imagine the people sitting around the
table eating wood fired stove there. I mean, they've done the seventies
renovations or whatever and added things. But a lot of it's kind of original . |
Danny’s balcony |
Danny: OK, and
this is the balcony. EV: lovely /// Evan: so I know you're a tough guy, but it doesn't look like you live here at the moment? /// Danny: So I don't live here, it's going to take a while for it to be renovated. So rather than renting another place, I decided to look around for somewhere to buy and I found a place for €8,000. So I bought that. That's where I live.
Evan: OK, yeah. So that's not a bad price for a house.
Danny: It's amazing for a house. For a whole house.
Evan: Yeah. Compared to London prices or even, you know, Australian prices?
Danny: Absolutely. Absolutely. |
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The median Australian house price is
now over one million dollars BUT DANNY’S ABOUT TO SHOW ME THE HOUSE
HE LIVES IN – AND IT COST JUST 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS |
Danny’s €8,000 home EXT |
EVAN: DANNY: This is mine. EVAN: McCubbin. There it is. DANNY: yeah, can’t miss it. |
Danny’s €8,000 home INT |
Danny: OK, so here we are. Evan: Oh, I see, okay, well, this is, this is much better Danny: Yeah. Evan: Very nice. Liveable. Thank you. A balcony and a view as well . Gorgeous, right down the valley. Nice to see. |
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EVAN: So
the people you meet, the locals in this area, how do they feel about Danny
McCubbin coming from Australia, moving into this house for one Euro? What's
the reaction here? Danny: To be honest Evan, they were
a bit dubious at first. Really, they were just like... EVAN: you’re a dubious
character. Danny: Yeah, yeah, I mean, you
know, so suspicious. |
OLAY |
Danny: I think they they
are welcoming. They're welcoming, though, if you have the right attitude. |
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With young
people leaving town for education and jobs... It’s mainly the older
generation that remain One neighbour
Danny has made friends with is 91-year-old Salvatore, who lives alone. |
Danny visits his neighbour,
Salvatore |
DANNY: Salvatore. How are you? SALVATORE: So far, I’m... good. DANNY: You are strong. DANNY: I've brought some marmalade. Quince
marmalade. Tomato sauce. SALVATORE: - What is it? Tomato sauce? DANNY: Tomato sauce. SALVATORE: Listen here, boy. There's no
need. DANNY: No? SALVATORE: Look how many biscuits I have
here! - Everything. - Everything. - Everything. DANNY - So you don’t want tomato sauce? SALVATORE: No, no give it to another person
who needs it more than me. |
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Salvatore has seen a lot of change in this
town. AND HE’S WORRIED ABOUT IT ONE DAY BEING EMPTY |
Salvatore IV |
SALVATORE: On this street, you'd be amazed how many abandoned houses there are. There are 12 abandoned properties now. Their owners have passed on, so the doors were closed and they've fallen into disrepair. In the future, my house will succumb to the same fate, because my children each have their own homes, so it will be shut up too. |
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Danny: Bye |
Post Salvatore IV |
Danny: Salvatore and I have become good friends. I
just I love his company. Some days I just sit there and talk, and I just
think to myself, is somebody who is 91 who's probably never left Sicily, can
be so open minded to accept me and to accept people buying these €1 houses,
then that's a good thing. And it's a good thing for the town |
THEA - FOREIGN BUYER
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MANY TOWNS IN
ITALY HAVE 1 EURO HOME SCHEMES BUT MUSSOMELI
HAS BEEN HAILED A SUCCESS – THANKS TO CLEVER MARKETING INSTEAD OF
ENTICING YOUNG ITALIANS HERE TO REPOPULATE THEY’RE
TARGETING FOREIGNERS AND THE DREAM OF OWNING AN ITALIAN HOME |
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The city gets around 1000 emails a day
asking about one-Euro homes. And on almost on any given day,
you’ll find people like Thea and her friends walking the streets looking for
one. |
Evan meets Thea Super: Thea Haimovitz, Israeli |
Thea (buyer) I just bought the one year old house now, just for one. Yeah. Yeah, really?
Rent it today. Yes. Yes. Yes. Hello. Hello. Hi, hi. Evan - Wow, when did you buy the
house? Just today? Thea (buyer) - Not far away from
here. Evan - Oh fantastic. How long have you been
looking? Thea (buyer) - For 23 hours. Evan - 23 hours! Evan laughs |
Thea IV |
Evan - So what is it you like about
the one you bought? Thea (buyer) - first of all, I had
a vision when I heard, when I first heard about the project of one Euro
houses, I had a vision which with a small town, a lot of stores, a very old
town and me getting to my house, to my one Euro house, getting inside to
small path and taking the house, taking something which is nothing today and
making the most beautiful house in that place. |
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Thea is Israeli but lives in Romania. She plans to turn her new purchase into a
spiritual retreat. |
Thea IV |
Evan - And the what sort of state
of repair is it in? How much work do you think you need to do on it? Thea (buyer) - Well, it's a lot.
It's a lot because I wasn't even allowed to get inside. It's so dangerous.
Yeah, but you know Evan -OK, so do you know roughly
how much it might cost to renovate? Thea - No, but I don't care. No, I
don't care. |
Thea and entourage celebrate with a group hug |
Upsot: yaaaaaaaay |
DANNY’S KITCHEN
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Danny’s kitchen |
ONLY A FEW FOREIGN BUYERS MAKE THE
DECISION TO MOVE HERE PERMANTELY Someone who has gone all in with Mussomeli is Danny Not only has
he bought two houses - he also rents a space
for an ambitious project |
Danny’s kitchen |
Danny: Gracia Frank. Comesti Marshall |
Danny’s kitchen |
Evan walks into the Good Kitchen Evan: Hi Danny!. Danny: Evan! Evan: How are you? Danny: great, thanks. How are you here? Evan: Yeah, it's a bit chilly out there today. So what's this place? Danny: This is the good kitchen... /// Danny: So
we rescue the food from the supermarkets. They deliver it to us and then we
make good, nutritious meals for vulnerable people of the town. - |
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Danny has a background in food. In London, he worked for celebrity chef
Jamie Oliver on social food programs. Now he’s setting up a community kitchen in
an old shopfront on the town piazza. |
Danny’s kitchen |
Danny: my primary goal with this,
the good kitchen, is that it becomes a social enterprise. So
then we actually start employing the young people of the town 50%
unemployment for youth in Sicily. So my primary
objective is that it becomes a business and it's functioning business, and
then we employ the young people to run it. Evan: I see. So
it's actually which is one of the key reasons why people are leaving. Yes. Danny: Absolutely. Absolutely. |
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Helping Danny today are a group of young
friends, like Salvatore, who’s here on court-ordered community service. |
SUPER: Salvatore
Fame |
SALVATORE: It's a way to help
the community, to feel good about myself. I love it, it's an amazing
environment. Danny is an amazing guy and I get along with him. |
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The group’s youngest member, 10-year-old
Davide is also inspired. |
SUPER: Davide Caruso |
DAVIDE: When I'm older, I want
to open a restaurant with some
friends. |
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Evan: But this for you is more,
it's more than just buying a cheap house. Danny: Absolutely. I mean, the one
Euro house was the hook, but ahh... it's a lifestyle for me. |
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AND HE HAS ADVICE FOR OTHERS THINKING OF
BUYING A ONE EURO HOME |
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Danny: I'm quite adamant when somebody reaches out
to me and says, Look, I'm thinking of coming, setting up an AirBnb or /// someone wants to set up a business, a
restaurant or a cafe. I say to them, please don't. Danny: So
if you set up a business and take it away from the people of the town, then
that's not a good thing in a town that's struggling anyway. So if you work remotely fantastic, it's a great
opportunity for you. But also, I say, think of something that's going to give
jobs to the people of a town. That's the most important thing. |
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Danny: bon appetitto |
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THE PANDEMIC HAS SEEN A BOOM IN REMOTE
WORKING AND SMALL TOWNS LIKE THIS ARE STARTING TO SEE A TRICKLE OF NEW
RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR A SLOWER AND CHEAPER WAY OF LIFE. BUT THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 2,500
VILLAGES ACROSS ITALY ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING GHOST TOWNS |
SICILY TO CALABRIA
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Evan walking Mussomeli |
SO IT WOULD TAKE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE DANNY MOVING
PERMANENTLY... TO REVERSE THE DEPOPULATION TREND (pause travel
shots) |
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I’m on my way to Calabria, one of
Italy’s poorest regions, to visit a town getting a new lease on life - thanks
to foreigners who are desperate to call Italy home.... |
LOCATION TITLE: Camini, Calabria |
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GUISY & ROSARIO |
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Camini is home to only 300
locals - and over a hundred refugees. |
OFFICE
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Rosario and Guisy are the driving
forces behind an idea that saved the town from abandonment. They run a
cooperative that helps integrate refugees into Italian society. |
School room / weaving / bakery |
Their
state-funded program provides refugees with language classes, job training
and community activities |
Evana and R&G walking |
Guisy and Rosario are the
brains behind the scheme |
Rosario & Guisy IV SUPER: Rosario Zurzolo,
Eurocoop Camini |
ROSARIO: I was born in
Camini and went to
school here, but I always
hoped that I would
not become one of the
many young Calabrians forced to
leave. /// At that time,
when we were kids and I was 18,
the village
wasn't liveable. For example,
this road where we're
doing this interview was closed
because it was unsafe. It was unsafe because the
houses were collapsing, and they were
collapsing because the
inhabitants of Camini had abandoned
the houses and left them
empty. The idea of
the cooperative was born
there. At that time,
the idea of welcoming
migrants hadn't emerged. The idea of
welcoming migrants came later,
in 2011. |
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BEFORE THEY COULD BRING MIGRANTS TO
CAMINI TO REVITALISE THE TOWN – THEY HAD TO MAKE THE TOWN LIVEABLE. WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING, THEY’VE
RENOVATED ENOUGH HOUSES FOR 118 PEOPLE. |
NEW PTC POSITION |
Evan PTC - So this is a really good
spot to see what Camini was like before the program
started. This is part of the old part of a town it was falling apart needs
repair. Obviously, it's in a real state whereas just next to it is a place
that's been renovated and repaired, and they're using it for tourist
accommodation. Looks really cute, but it's more than
that, actually. They're preserving here hundreds of years of culture and
tradition and life. |
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BUT TO
BRING THE TOWN BACK TO LIFE THEY NEEDED HELP – SO, IN
20-11, GUISY AND ROSARIO ORGANISED FOR A SMALL GROUP OF MIGRANTS TO KICKSTART
THEIR PROGRAM |
Rosario & Guisy IV SUPER: Giusy Canà, Eurocoop Camini |
GUISY: This was our first time and we were a
bit worried about this, as we were
hosting 11 males coming from
Africa and it was
the Camini community's first
experience hosting migrants. |
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Despite the
initial reservations... The initiative was a success... And it was soon to
take off in a big way. |
EXPLAINER: MIGRANT CRISIS
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3rd Party: - Med boat journeys - Italy arrivals |
Since the
European migrant crisis in 20-15, over three-quarters of a million asylum
seekers and migrants crossed the Mediterranean and landed in Italy.
It was a pivotal moment for Camini: |
RETURN TO ROSARIO AND GUISY
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ROSARIO At that moment, the community realised that it was essential to start welcoming migrants because Camini was at a point of no return, because Camini was about to disappear. |
Rosario & Guisy IV |
ROSARIO: We gave help to people who arrived by sea,
/// but in the same way, these people were helping the village to have another
chance. |
MIGRANT FAMILY
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Evan enters … to meet a migrant and/or family doing ….
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Two people
enjoying a second chance at life are father and daughter Mohammad and Doua. They're refugees from Syria. |
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Mohammed (Arabic) In 2012, a building collapsed on
top of me. It was because of the war and the shelling. I ended up with an injury
to my spine. /// Then we came to Italy. And I'm grateful to them
here. They completed my
treatment. |
Migrant family IV |
DOUA: Camini is a very important place for
me because it changed my life. I managed to be strong, I found a job, I studied, the most important things in life I found here. I would like to stay here and help the cooperative to improve and move forward. |
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While many of the new arrivals that
come through Camini move on... it seems the town is
also becoming a home for others. BUT IN A VILLAGE JUST A FEW
KILOMETRES AWAY, THE LOCAL MAYOR BECAME FAMOUS FOR WELCOMING MIGRANTS – AND
AS A RESULT – IS FACING JAIL |
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RIACE: REPLAY DATELINE 2015 SEGMENT
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Evan drives from Camini to Riace |
Rural Italy has long suffered from
depopulation, leaving picturesque towns feeling abandoned... That is until a place tries to do
something about it. Just like the village of Camini, there is another town nearby that was once world
famous for giving a warm welcome to migrants And I reported from there back in
20-15. |
LIB 170315 WELCOME TO RIACE DTL PKG |
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STRAP: Dateline, 2015 Welcome to Riace |
2015
DATELINE EVAN Hidden away in the harsh dry
mountains of southern Italy is where you will find Riace,
home to less than 2,000 people it has remained a ghost town for nearly four
generations. Domenico
Lucano is Riace's mayor,
having grown up in the crumbling town, today he's determined to reverse its
sleepy image. With a plan that could also solve one of Italy's biggest
problems. DOMENICO
LUCANO, RIACE MAYOR (Translation): It’s a gradual process, a kind of
immigration that is a totally unexpected phenomenon. /// Rather
than shun migrants, like the rest of the country, he wants to welcome them. Today,
signs welcome refugees in Arabicto French… as those
accepted as genuine refugees move in to the homes others have left
behind. Trained
in jobs and given a modest stipend –immigrants now make up around a quarter
of the population. |
GFX: Source: https://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/2016/domenico-lucano/ |
Back then, Riace's scheme - and the man behind it - were hailed a huge success... In 2016 -
The Mayor was even named in Fortune's iconic annual list of the World's 50
greatest leaders, alongside Angela Merkel, Pope Franics
and Justin Trudeau. |
EXPLAINER: MAYOR MIMMO’s
DOWNFALL
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3rd party -
Boats and arrivals |
But no one could have predicted what would happen next. The massive
inflow of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants to Italy was followed by a
rise in anti-migrant politics. |
Upsot in crowd (subtitled) |
Supporter: “Salvini, you have to fix this chaos!” |
Amos’ Italy migrant boot camp |
Riding this
to power, the right wing League Party and its leader
Matteo Salvini targeted Riace
and its Mayor |
GFX SUPER: Matteo Salvini,
former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy SOURCE: FACEBOOK: Riace
non si arresta |
SALVINI: To the mayor of Riace, I don't even devote half a thought. Zero, it's zero. |
LIB 041018 RTV ITALY IMMIGRATION MAYOR_SBS_ID_3260569.mxf |
THEN A
SURPRISE TWIST... In 2018, the Mayor was
charged with abetting illegal immigration, fraud, forgery and embezzlement -
CHARGES HE SAID WERE POLITICAL” |
STRAP: 2018 LIB 041018 RTV ITALY IMMIGRATION MAYOR UPDATE_SBS_ID_3261694 |
LUCANO: It seems absurd, but in effect they are accusing
me /// of being too humane. |
LIB 041018 RTV ITALY IMMIGRATION MAYOR_SBS_ID_3260569.mxf LIB 041018 RTV ITALY IMMIGRATION MAYOR UPDATE_SBS_ID_3261694 |
The case made
international headlines... and triggered protests against
the central government. |
LIB 071018 RTV ITALY IMMIGRATION
DEMO_SBS_ID_3288667.mxf |
UPSOT [0.05] street protest |
Evan walks in Riace |
Prosecutors asked for 7 years in jail – he was given 13. HOWEVER, HE’S STILL LIVING IN RIACE WHILST HE AWAITS THE OUTCOME
OF HIS APPEALS |
MAYOR MIMMO
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Evan PTC |
Evan PTC This place certainly feels very different to 2015, I'm seeing virtually no people around, and I'm certainly not seeing anywhere near the same number of refugees or migrants here. The reason I've come back to Riace is to try and meet the mayor. 12:48:27:13 |
Evan walks up to Mimmo |
D6 C1 A [10:09:46] Evan: Mimmo, hello |
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Feeling the
stress of the prosecution, initially he didn’t want to talk |
Mimmo waves Evan away |
Mimmo: no, no,
no, no, no |
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But he
eventually warmed up |
D6 C1 A [10:55:39] IV supporting coverage |
(Subreel
1 – Italian) 00:10:04:03 LUCANO: I reacted instinctively
because instinctively in relation to the video camera in relation to what, to some
extent, has become a media nightmare. |
D6 C1 B |
[10:13:31] Evan: what’s been the impact of the case on your migrant program in Riace? |
Mimmo IV |
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1 – Italian) 00:10:36:05 LUCANO: Today, Riace is back to being one of many towns struggling to survive in this deep south /// Nothing is left, people leave, one cannot live in situations where social life is erased and driven to zero. |
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EVAN: well what in your view are the
forces behind this? |
Mimmo IV |
LUCANO: The attempt to
delegitimise Riace occurred at higher levels. At levels where there is a grey zone in which the Mafia-related bourgeoisie can influence the
state. // The thought that disturbed the right-wing
parties was that this small abandoned village was able to succeed. So I was not the issue, I was only the instrument for them to delegitimise the
idea. One day, I have faith that I will obtain real justice. |
Evan walking around Riace DANNY When I first arrived and it just felt like it
was a blank canvas for me where I could start my life in Italy. |
pause RIACE ONCE HAD 800 REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS FROM MORE THAN 20
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LIVING HERE – CREATING BUSINESSES, FILLING UP SCHOOLS AND
BRINGING LIFE TO THE TOWN. A POLITCAL SHIFT AND ALLEGED MIS-MANAGEMENT HAS LEFT IT SADLY
EMPTY ONCE AGAIN. BUT ITS MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT INSPIRED OTHER TOWNS TO WELCOME
FOREIGNERS GUISY I like working in the field of social work and
combining a humanitarian enterprise with the rebirth of my territory which I
love so much and wanted and chose to stay in.. ROSARIO: But what is important now is that the
village is alive as there are many people who are interested in coming to
visit us. DANNY - It wasn't ever going to be a second home for me, never going to be a
holiday house. I think a lot of foreigners are buying for that reason. Before
the pandemic. However, now I'm finding people are realizing that they can
live here. THERE’S HOPE THESE VARIOUS SCHEMES TO INTEGRATE MIGRANTS AND
ATTRACT FOREIGN BUYERS WILL PRESERVE ITALY’S HISTORIC RURAL TOWNS AND KEEP
THEM GOING FOR A FEW MORE CENTURIES. |
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