‘We have to try’: the migrants who brave frostbite in a desperate trek over the Alps

As Italy’s laws tighten, more and more arrivals are trying to find a way into France - even via an alpine pass in winter

On Friday morning, as skiers glided under a flawless blue sky down the resplendent slopes of Claviere, a tiny Italian ski resort on the French border, four migrants were contemplating their next move.

They had been brought back to the town in the early hours after being intercepted by police while trying to walk into France, knee-deep in snow along a mountain track.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2TNnTeS