Throughout Western Europe, newspapers and journals have been featuring sensational stories about immigration. Newspapers have carried banners proclaiming “invasions” and a challenge to the established way of life.

This is not a specifically Italian experience. Some say these are stories which add up to “narratives of eviction.” The stories seek to obfuscate how immigration comes about and its role in Europe. Rather Europe is represented as a passive substrate upon which the immigrant feeds. These narratives deny a dynamic relationship between the countries and regions involved in the immigration process - economic, political and historical, and organised forms of labour recruitment. Others are less seduced by these analyses and emphasize the problems of integration. See READING page. 

My film is about migration, particularly undocumented migration, into Italy. I wish to reflect on the provocative debates that exist about immigration and scrutinize the myths surrounding it.

I reflect on the acute problems of social invisibility where the state and the supra-state can engage in deportations and incarceration seemingly in contravention of international agreements. I ask what kind of bleakness lies ahead, and what kind of solutions are being hatched. 

The footage will come from Italy, Bangladesh, Greece and hopefully also Libya. These will comprise

1. ‣Interviews - of officials, politicians,  activists and migrants    
   

2. ‣shots of sea crossings
   

3. ‣rural Bangladesh
   

4. ‣footage of workers in Venice, Rome, Palermo
   

5. ‣shots of detention centres in Lampedusa and mainland Italy
   

6. ‣demonstration footage