http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/23879 Iceland is on its knees, suffering a catastrophic financial breakdown. Amid the many debates, surrounding the why or how did it happen, my attention goes to the large foreign population living in this country. Allured by the easy employment and high earnings and by the often cited “highest living standard in the worldâ€* and “the happiest people on Earthâ€*, there has been a surge of immigration in Iceland over the last years. However, the economic breakdown has shattered many dreams. Suddenly, families have lost work, found that the luxuries that they owned were on credit, and for many that their savings and pension funds have disappeared and possibly lost forever. Scores are going away, unable to feed their families and/or to pay their debts and for those that choose to stay the near future looks grim. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/11887/cinzia_photo_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984697/iceland-crisis-01_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984697'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984697 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:05:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984697 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984697/iceland-crisis-01_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984697'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984700/iceland-crisis-03_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984700'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984700 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984700 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984700/iceland-crisis-03_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984700'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984706/iceland-crisis-05_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984706'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984706 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:08:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984706 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984706/iceland-crisis-05_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984706'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984757/iceland-crisis-02_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984757'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984757 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:14:56 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984757 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984757/iceland-crisis-02_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984757'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984856/iceland-crisis-04_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984856'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984856 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:33:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984856 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984856/iceland-crisis-04_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984856'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984859/iceland-crisis-08_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984859'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984859 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:45:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984859 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/984859/iceland-crisis-08_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/984859'>view full-size image</a> Cinzia D'Ambrosi