High in the Italian Alps, more and more migrants attempt to take remote and dangerous snowy paths through the mountains to evade police detection and make it into France. Many stop for a day at the volunteer refuges in towns like Oulx before taking a bus up to the border at Claviere to begin the trek on foot in the dead of night. Temperatures often drop below freezing in these mountains and migrants are given warm clothes and boots by the volunteers who want to try and prevent more dying or getting injured on their journey.

Credits

Reporter: Dany Mitzman, Italy

Presenter and Producer: Emma Wallis

Editor: Marion MacGregor

Series Editors: Charlotte Hauswedell and Sven Pöhle

Studio production: Gerd Georgii and Jürgen Kuhn in the DW studios

Music: Chinese Man Records, France

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