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The 2006 Turin Olympics athletes village is now home to over 1,000 African migrants and refugees

Scott DavisJan 29, 2018, 23:24 IST

Siegfried Modola/Reuters

While many former Olympic venues often become abandoned after the games, Turin, Italy's Olympic athlete's village is occupied.

Since the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, it's athletes' village has become home to over 1,000 migrants and refugees from over 30 nations, particularly from North Africa, according to a 2017 article from The Guardian.

Reuters recently captured images of the overcrowded housing for refugees with nowhere else to go, and the photos show clustered living spaces in poorly built apartments, but also a sense of normal life.

Take a look at the photos.