Comfort and Compassion at Tiburtina Station

These two Malian migrants started their journey together and are now waiting in the center run by the Italian Red Cross for migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

African migrants in the center run by the Italian Red Cross, Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

African migrants in the center run by the Italian Red Cross, Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA).

A man brings clothes and toys for the center run by the Italian Red Cross in Rome, (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

Toys are provided for children at the center run by the Italian Red Cross for migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

Sama Tounkara, a Malian migrant, in the center run by the Italian Red Cross in Rome (Nicolas Pinault/VOA).

Tthe center run by the Italian Red Cross for the migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

African migrants in the center run by the Italian Red Cross, Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

Babacar Sogoba, a Malian migrant, in the center run by the Italian Red Cross in Rome (Nicolas Pinault/VOA).

Three Libyan migrants in the center run by the Italian Red Cross in Rome (Nicolas Pinault/VOA).

Morro Sanneh, a Gambian migrant, waits at the center run by the Italian Red Cross for migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

The center run by the Italian Red Cross for the migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

The center run by the Italian Red Cross for the migrants in Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

African migrants in the center run by the Italian Red Cross, Rome. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

The Italian Red Cross center behind the Tiburtina railway station in Rome does what it can to bring some sense of normalcy to migrants while they are in Rome.