An Ethiopian migrant builds a cheese company in Italy

Agitu Idea Gudeta has developed a flourishing business in her adopted Italy by manufacturing goat cheese and cosmetics in a few years after fleeing her native Ethiopia in 2010 following a land dispute.
Migrants can do this with a half-chance, but Gudeta fears that the growing hostility to newcomers to Italy will make it harder for foreigners to make a future contribution.

"I created my space and I made myself known, there was no resistance. she said. "But (the experience) of those who come now is obviously conditioned by ideologies based on lies that can create fear and resistance."

Gudeta, 40, has taken up residence in the mountains of the Trentino region Mocheni, stronghold of the far-right party led by Matteo Salvini, the new Italian Minister of the Interior

According to some polls, the League is nowadays; Italy's most popular party, backed by its uncompromising stance against the arrival of more than 660,000 migrants, including many from sub-Saharan Africa, over the past five years.

Gudeta s & nbsp; Escaped from his hometown of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, after his protests against so-called "land grabbing." Ironically, in Italy, she was able to use the common lands in the northern mountains to build his new business, taking advantage of s permits that give farmers access "While I was maintaining another job, I started to reclaim land and animals, starting with 15 goats. Today, I have 180 goats, "she says.

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While the inhabitants appreciate the efforts Gudeta ts, many also support Salvini's commitment to put Italy first. "He's just using an iron fist for awhile to wake up the rest of Europe," said resident Diego Detbadis. – Reuters / African News Agency (ANA)