Switzerland ("Helvetia" in Greek) is one of the richest countries in the world. Nea Helvetia (i.e. New Switzerland) in West Attica, Greece is, on the contrary, swept by pollution, poverty and neglect. Not long ago, the industrial zone of the area included large industrial plants. Now most of them are shut down, and only the ruins and the polluted river Kifissos bear witness to a glorious industrial past. Ironically enough, even as these industries were closing down or moving abroad, thousands of immigrants from Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia started pouring in to work in the smaller factories, which are still running at the area. The communities in which they live look very much like the ones they left behind: a social geography of marginalization, poverty and neglect.