'Tears of Salt' is a deeply moving, first-hand response to Italy's refugee crisis
Pietro Bartolo has seen and experienced things that no human being should have to witness.
As a doctor working on Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, he has been on the front line of the refugee crisis for more than 20 years. He has seen boats of refugees arriving from Africa, sometimes on a daily basis, crammed with people who are starving, dehydrated, and terrified. And these, he points out, are the fortunate ones – they are still alive.
He has seen
