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The 'Fenoglio’ Italian Red Cross’ camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy) seen from above.

Yakaub (23, from Mali) and his wife Fatima (20, also Mali) portrayed inside their tent at the Red Cross reception camp in Settimo Torinese (Italy).

With their first child expected in a couple of months and their asylum request still to be processed, they hope the Italian authorities will be able to provide them with a more stable accommodation soon.

Daily life at ‘Fenoglio’ Italian Red Cross’ camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

Serena Corniglia, supervisor at ‘Fenoglio’ Italian Red Cross’ camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

A woman washes her clothes in the Red Cross reception camp in Turin (Italy). Depending on the situation, the camp can host up to 500-600 people.

Temporary houses for refugees inside a reception camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

Asylum seekers in a reception camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy) during their morning routine.

Daily life at ‘Fenoglio’ Italian Red Cross’ camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

Joy (18, from Nigeria) portrayed at the Red Cross reception centre in Messina (Italy).

She lost a close friend at sea, while attempting to reach Italy on boat an inflatable dinghy with other 190 people. After drifting for 18 hours somewhere in the Mediterranean, her friend was one of the 25 people who tragically drowned in the melee when a rescue boat was sighted.

Mohammed Trawally (Gambia, 21), at work at 'Settimo Miglio' organic farm in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

The farm employs asylum seekers and refugees hosted at the Red Cross camp in Settimo Torinese (Italy).

Alhagie (44, from Gambia) portrayed in his room at the Red Cross centre for male adults in Messina (Italy).

A former Gambian soldier, Alhagie left his country in early 2016 and reached Italy on a dinghy from Libya. “I think a lot about my family, that's my main concern. I left a wife and four kids in Gambia. It is almost three weeks that I'm not able to speak to them”.

Inside the call centre at ‘Fenoglio’ Italian Red Cross’ camp in Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy).

F., from Mali, poses at the entrance of her tent in the Red Cross reception camp in Settimo Torinese (Italy).

She was already pregnant when she embarked from Libya on a dinghy bound for Italy three months before.