Coronavirus: the impacts on 50,000 Italian homeless

Foto Cecilia Fabiano/ LaPresse.16 marzo 2020 Roma (Italia). Cronaca. Emergenza Coronavirus, distribuzione di cibo ai senza tetto a Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Emergenza Coronavirus, distribuzione di cibo ai senza tetto a Santa Maria in Trastevere. Source: AAP Image/LaPresse/Sipa USA

Italy's measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak ask all citizens to stay at home. But what happens if you don't have a home to go back to?

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Published 20 March 2020 11:52am

Updated 20 March 2020 11:54am

By Magica Fossati

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Italy's measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak ask all citizens to stay at home. But what happens if you don't have a home to go back to?

Associazione Avvocato di strada, a group of lawyers representing homeless people in Italy, is raising the alarm on the plight of Italians who live on the streets. Many are having issues with the local police because they are still living on the streets despite the lockdown.

We talked to the association's president Antonio Mumolo.