Our correspondent in Italy, Natalia Mendoza, tells us more about this typical phenomenon of Italian society, particularly widespread in the "Mezzogiorno", the southern regions of the country.

Report from Sicily, where 51% of young people are unemployed and where family ties remain very strong.

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