The Sicilian hospital caring for migrants

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Migrants have been coming to Italy for thousands of years, but the recent wave of migration has put extra pressure on local towns, which are struggling to cope with the influx. Sicilian towns from Catania on the eastern coast to Palermo in the north have been transforming sports halls, churches and other buildings into ad-hoc facilities for migrants to stay in . The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby has been in Catania speaking to Italians whose lives have now become intertwined with the fate of the migrants. She has been speaking to hospital director, Salvatore Giuffrida. (Picture: Hospital director Salvatore Giuffrida / Credit: BBC)