Stranger in Chiasso
Ticinese photographer Jacek Pulawski won the 2009 Swiss Press Award for his coverage of illegal immigrants.
This content was published on December 14, 2009
His moving images of refugees turn our attention to a problem becoming ever more noticeable in Switzerland. Over several months, Pulawski documented the hardships of newly-arrived asylum seekers arriving at the Italian-speaking border town of Chiasso from Italy.
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