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In an exclusive report from Rome, the Chief of the Gurudwara warns Indian families about the harsh realities of migrant life in Italy. With the Italian government’s announcement of issuing 500,000 work visas, hopes are high, but the struggles remain real. While speaking to our correspondent Paridhi Bhanot, Indian migrants like Mehul and Pammi, who have travelled thousands of miles from Punjab and Gujarat in search of a better life, are now caught in the uncertainty of visa issues and exploitation. The Gurudwara plays a pivotal role in their survival, offering support and hope, but the risks are undeniable. Head Priest Inderjeet Singh urges parents not to send their children to Italy, especially girls, highlighting the vulnerability migrants face in a foreign land where exploitation and broken dreams are all too common. A stark warning against the cost of migration, urging people to think carefully before risking everything for the 'foreign laddoo.'

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00:00It's a small village where everyone wants to eat food.
00:10In our Gujjati, we say that it's a river and a river.
00:13The river feels good, but it's not fun.
00:21My request is that it's not a relative to it.
00:24It's not a relative to it.
00:30More than 5,000 kilometers away from their homes in Gujarat and Punjab,
00:36Mehul and Pammie are making rotis in a gurudwara on the outskirts of western Rome.
00:43Pammie stays and works at the gurudwara. His visa expired three months ago.
00:50Mehul, who frequents the Sikh temple, is waiting to hear back on his visa application too.
00:55Unsure of what lies ahead, they now await the decision of the Italian government.
01:25I have not considered that and they are asking me that India has a big country because I am the west part of India, Gujarat.
01:34So in Gujarat, we are not like the critical situation like Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan, you know.
01:45So that's why they reject my application.
01:50So I have taken my documents here and taken my documents here.
01:56Italy has the third highest Indian diaspora in the European Union.
02:01Mostly from Punjab, migrants come searching for better paying jobs.
02:06Georgia Maloney, the Prime Minister of Italy, who belongs to the Brothers of Italy Party,
02:12has for long campaigned against migration.
02:16Illegal, but also legal.
02:18I've been explaining many times, telling many times to my colleagues,
02:23that we've had for a long time, the first nationality of illegal migrants coming to Italy was from Bangladesh.
02:29They came to a boat from Tunisia, on a boat from Tunisia or Libya,
02:37but they were passing four, five countries.
02:42However, in an unexpected move in July of this year,
02:46the far-right PM announced plans to issue 500,000 visas to non-EU immigrants between 2026 and 2028.
02:56Perhaps in a bid to meet the early demand of 280,000 workers needed in Italy.
03:06Back at the Gurudwara,
03:09Mehul, who is waiting for a residence permit,
03:11is optimistic after Maloney's announcement,
03:14but admits that grass is greener on the other side.
03:18In our Indian community,
03:23they say that the grass is good.
03:28The grass is good.
03:29When the grass is good,
03:30it's very good.
03:31When the grass is good,
03:32you know how big the grass is.
03:34It's a red grass is a red grass,
03:37when everyone wants to eat.
03:40to just just like I have to do is go up to me and I'll be able to do so I'll be able to do
03:50it I'm going to do it I'm going to do it I'm going to do it I'm going to do it I'm going to do it
03:56When he first moved to Italy, the Gurudwara helped him.
04:16But the head priest Inderjeet knows that here, life is not what it seems.
04:21And many a times, the migrants' vulnerability is exploited.
04:26Because there is no work permit in Italy, there is no work permit.
04:33Donkeys are allowed to do it.
04:38And the people who are working, they don't know that there is no work permit.
04:44Because the people who don't have 10 euros without a document,
04:49they don't have 4-5 euros per day.
04:51That's why they are not allowed to do it.
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05:23While Mehul, Pammi and many others await regularization and hope for the best, Inderjeet
05:49makes a request to his people back in his homeland.
06:19I can't do it, but I can't do it.
06:26So, people can't do it and they can't do it.
06:28They do it and they will do it.
06:31They will get out there.
06:32So, someone wants to help them.
06:38help
07:08more than the people who are listening to the family,
07:11the people who listen to their families,
07:15they have many mistakes,
07:19while they are getting out of trouble and they do not have to make it.
07:24But the majority of our families are doing the good stuff,
07:29they get the support of their families,
07:33They are related to the
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