“Prendocasa – literally, “I take the house” – a network of homeless people, both young Italians and migrants, who occupy abandoned properties. As thousands of desperate African migrants arrive on Sicily’s shores, they must suddenly find their footing in a country in the grip of recession. They have something in common, though, with the island’s own homeless and unemployed – and in fact, working together with Sicilians, a group of migrants recently moved into a palace sitting empty in Palermo.”
