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“The desperate journey” of migrants refers to the perilous and often life-threatening journey undertaken by individuals or groups who are forced to leave their home countries due to various reasons such as conflict, persecution, poverty, or environmental disasters, and who seek refuge or a better life in another country. Here are some key points about the desperate journey of migrants:

  1. Dangerous routes: Migrants often have to travel through dangerous routes, including deserts, mountains, forests, or oceans, in order to reach their destination. These routes may lack basic infrastructure and safety measures, making them treacherous and exposing migrants to various risks such as extreme weather conditions, lack of food and water, and physical harm.

  2. Human trafficking and exploitation: Migrants, especially vulnerable populations such as women, children, and unaccompanied minors, are at risk of falling prey to human traffickers and other exploitative practices. They may be subjected to forced labor, sexual exploitation, or other forms of abuse during their journey or upon reaching their destination.

  3. Legal and administrative challenges: Migrants often face complex legal and administrative challenges, including crossing international borders without proper documentation, navigating immigration policies and procedures, and seeking asylum or refugee status. These challenges can result in detention, deportation, or other legal consequences, adding to the difficulties and uncertainties of their journey.

  4. Lack of basic services: Migrants may face difficulties in accessing basic services such as healthcare, education, shelter, and clean water during their journey. They may also lack access to information, communication, and support networks, further exacerbating their vulnerability and desperation.

  5. Discrimination and xenophobia: Migrants may encounter discrimination, prejudice, and xenophobia from the local population or authorities in the destination country. They may face language barriers, cultural differences, and social exclusion, which can further hinder their integration and well-being.

  6. Mental and physical health risks: The desperate journey of migrants can take a toll on their mental and physical health. Many migrants experience trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges due to the hardships and uncertainties they face. They may also suffer from physical injuries, diseases, and malnutrition during their journey.

  7. Family separation: Migrants often face the heartbreaking reality of being separated from their families during their journey. This can result in emotional distress, loss of support systems, and difficulties in reuniting with loved ones.

  8. Lack of legal pathways: Many migrants undertake desperate journeys because they lack safe and legal pathways to migrate to other countries. Limited options for legal migration, such as family reunification or work visas, may push them to resort to irregular or dangerous routes.

  9. Humanitarian response: The desperate journey of migrants also highlights the need for humanitarian response and support from international organizations, governments, and civil society. Access to humanitarian aid, protection, and assistance can make a significant difference in the well-being and safety of migrants during their journey.

Overall, the desperate journey of migrants is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, characterized by significant risks, challenges, and vulnerabilities. Addressing the root causes of forced migration, providing safe and legal migration pathways, protecting the rights and well-being of migrants, and promoting international cooperation and solidarity are crucial to addressing this global humanitarian issue.

The World’s Most Dangerous Journey?

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18 dec. 2016

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: What would you risk for freedom? Dateline journeys through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, a route populated by drug traffickers, bandits and migrants searching for a new beginning.
 
Dateline reporters scour the globe to bring you a world of daring stories. Our reputation is for fearless and provocative reporting. Australia’s beloved, award winning and longest running international current affairs program.

Record number of migrants cross English Channel on a single day – BBC News

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At least 430 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK, according to the government, a new record for a single day.
 
Some 50 people were seen landing on the beach at Dungeness in Kent. The group included women and young children.
 
The UK government said it was taking “substantial steps to tackle the unacceptable problem of illegal migration”.
 
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison.

1 #MamoudouGassama: Malian migrant is man of the hour

28 mei 2018

The astounding rescue of a child dangling from a Paris balcony has caught the imagination of the world. Mamoudou Gassama – a young Malian migrant – met the French president and has been told he’ll have his citizenship fast-tracked. Some have accused France’s politicians of opportunism and hypocrisy – but most just want to pay their tribute to a true hero.

2 The Rising Tide: Europe’s Refugees Wash Ashore in Greece

8 okt. 2015

For thousands of desperate refugees, the dangerous first step on their journey to Europe could be their last. Samaritan’s Purse teams are stationed at several primary stops across Europe distributing necessary supplies. http://www.samaritanspurse.org/disast…

3 Europe’s Migration Tragedy: Life and death in the Mediterranean

2 okt. 2016

In this harrowing film Sky’s Mark Stone witnesses the extraordinary rescue of hundreds of migrants off Libya’s coast. Shows scenes of migrant rescues and dead bodies.

4 Escape to Europe: The migrants’ story – BBC Newsnight

19 jun. 2015

Gabriel Gatehouse aboard a rescue ship on the risks desperate migrants are prepared to take reach Europe
 
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5 Rescued African migrants say they are fleeing slavery

28 jun. 2017

Italy has threatened to stop foreign boats carrying migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea from docking in its ports unless other EU countries do more to help.
 
It comes amid a surge in arrivals in recent days, as we reported last night from aboard a German rescue vessel. Tonight we hear from the migrants and refugees themselves.
 
A warning: this report contains images and testimony that you may find distressing.

6 Syrian Refugee Crisis – The hardest part of their journey to Europe.

18 okt. 2015

Thousands of Syrians on the hardest part of their journey to Europe, Step By Step. Migrants have flooded into Europe because of wars in the Middle East, arriving at Greek islands through Turkey, on their way to Macedonia. Their aim is to travel through Serbia and Hungary, and on to other European countries, particularly Germany, through Austria.

7 Surviving One of the Deadliest Routes to Europe: Refugees at Sea

11 mrt. 2016

 
Desperate to escape conflict and poverty, thousands of migrants and refugees attempt the perilous journey to Europe each year, with many crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa in rubber dinghies and wooden boats.
 
In the wake of the decommissioning of Mare Nostrum, a search and rescue operation run by Italy, the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), launched their own vessel, named the Bourbon Argos, to find those stranded at sea and save those in trouble on one of the deadliest routes to Europe.
 
On board the vessel, refugees and migrants are provided with medical aid, food, and shelter, then brought safely to Italian shores. Having survived life in Libya, ruthless treatment by smugglers, and horrific conditions aboard flimsy boats, once aboard the Bourbon Argos they face yet more uncertainty as they approach Europe.
 
VICE News teamed up with MSF to document these search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean and speak to rescued refugees and migrants, hearing about the suffering they have endured in their attempts to reach a new life.
 
Watch “My Escape From Syria: Europe or Die” – http://bit.ly/1LiVIJk Read “Wet, Sick, and Stuck: Thousands of Children Are Facing Deteriorating Conditions on Europe’s Borders” – http://bit.ly/1pzpdCu

8 Saved at Sea : Rescuing Migrants in the Mediterranean – the fifth estate

29 okt. 2016

In recent months, tens of thousands of desperate souls have been saved from certain death in the frigid waters of the Mediterranean. Recently, the crew of the Red Cross MOAS Responder agreed to let The Fifth Estate come onboard to join in one of their rescue missions. As our cameras rolled, on a single day, hundreds of migrants were plucked from listing wooden boats and rubber dinghies. The CBC’s Nahlah Ayed chronicles the huge international effort to save migrants who seek a better life in Europe but often risk death getting there.
 
Connect with the fifth estate online : Website : http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq
 
About the fifth estate : For four decades the fifth estate has been Canada’s premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.

9 Desperate Journey: Europe’s Refugee Crisis

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17 nov. 2015

(November 17, 2015) More than 800,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, with most traveling onward to northern and western EU countries. According to UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, 84 percent were from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia, or Iraq – all countries experiencing conflict, widespread violence and insecurity, or countries with highly repressive governments.
European Union governments should take urgent action to bring Europe’s response to the refugee challenge, now a full blown EU crisis, in line with their legal responsibilities and stated values.
 
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10 Refugee crisis: Hundreds in stand-off with police in Hungary after refusing to go to migrant camp

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3 sep. 2015

Frustration turned to anger and violence today, for some of the thousands of refugees and migrants, trying to get from Hungary to a new life in the heart of Europe.

11 Italy’s Mediterranean Mass Grave: Europe or Die

16 feb. 2015

Since 2000, more than 27,000 migrants and refugees have died attempting the perilous journey to Europe. With an unprecedented number of people breaking through its heavily barricaded borders in 2014, the EU continues to fortify its frontiers. 
 
In the fourth and final episode of Europe or Die, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson arrives in Italy as the only extensive search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean is replaced with a border surveillance mission, effectively leaving thousands of desperate migrants adrift in the sea.
 
Watch Episode 1: “Storming Spain’s Razor-Wire Fence” – http://bit.ly/1zhzsJB 
 
Watch Part 1 of Episode 2: “Death Boats to Greece (Part 1)” – http://bit.ly/1MptYFO 
 
Watch Part 2 of Episode 2: “Death Boats to Greece (Part 2)” – http://bit.ly/1EBfBsc 
 
Watch Episode 3: “Trapped in Bulgaria” – http://bit.ly/1Fgsiwl 
 
Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com

12 The tiny Greek island sinking under Europe’s migrant crisis

18 aug. 2015

Leros is a tiny Greek island seven miles from the Turkish coast where 2,500 migrants have arrived illegally by boat in the last three weeks. Without support from Athens or Europe, overstretched local authorities rely on a committed team of local volunteers to prevent chaos and humanitarian crisis. But as increasing numbers of migrants arrive at Leros, the island is at breaking point, as Phoebe Greenwood reports

13 The Ethiopian migrants who make the desperate journey to Saudi Arabia via Yemen

14 feb. 2020

Every day, thousands of Ethiopians set off on foot on a desperate 2,000-kilometre trek in the hope of reaching Saudi Arabia. Their route takes them across the Djibouti desert, the Red Sea and Yemen, a country ravaged by civil war. Every year, hundreds die of exhaustion in the desert or drown while crossing the Gulf of Aden. Those who make it to Yemen, often having starved for days on end, are easy prey for the local mafia who kidnap them for ransom. Our reporters followed these migrants on their journey and documented, with exclusive footage, the extent of human trafficking.

14 Sexual Exploitation of Young Refugees in Greece

 

10 apr. 2018

In 2015, Greece found itself on the frontline of the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and caught unprepared to receive record numbers of people. The EU shut its border to Greece in 2016 to prevent refugees from moving further up the continent, leaving 50,000 people trapped there. Among them are up to 3,000 unaccompanied children aged 12 to 17 who have traveled alone from countries like Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Pakistan. With insufficient accommodation, almost half of the young unaccompanied refugees in Greece have fallen outside of the system, many ending up on the streets where they are exposed to all sorts of dangers, including sexual exploitation and abuse.
 
We meet two boys, aged 15 and 16 who were coerced into prostitution in exchange for food and a few euros. We also speak the Mayor of Athens, Giorgos Kaminis, who is outspoken about the horrors facing young refugees in his city, and investigate whether his attempts to put pressure on the police have been effective.

15 Migrant Kids In Crisis In Greece | Stacey Dooley Investigates

19 apr. 2016

Stacey Dooley travels to Greece to follow children on the migrant trail, as they flee wars and seek new lives in Western Europe.

16 Life As An Illegal Immigrant in Greece

16 apr. 2014

Greece has always been a gateway for immigrants searching for what they assumed would be a better life in Europe. But many of those who’ve crossed illegally into Greece have found that they have traded one bad situation for another. Refugees from war-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan are finding themselves stuck in a country that is not only battling an economic crisis but is witnessing a rise in anti-immigrant violence, exemplified by the a nationalist political party known as the Golden Dawn.

VICE News’ Alex Miller travelled from Athens to the western port of Patras to find out what it is like to be trapped in a country you never wanted to be in in the first place.

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17 Refugees stranded in Greece | DW Documentary

11 mei 2019

The refugee camps in Greece are hopelessly overcrowded. Many refugees are sick and traumatized and government agencies overtaxed. The situation is particularly difficult for unaccompanied minors. The number of suicides is increasing.

A lack of hygiene, violence, sexual harassment, no prospects: these are the conditions under which three times as many refugees as originally planned live in the camp on Samos. And, even though the Balkan route is closed, new refugees are still coming every day. They cannot leave the island. The number of suicides is rising. The UNHCR says asylum applications should be examined more quickly and unaccompanied, underage refugees taken to the mainland to rejoin their families as soon as possible. Aid workers say they have never experienced conditions like the ones in the Greek refugee camps during their previous missions around the world. Only private aid organizations can bring hope. Some young people manage to escape to Athens. They hope to be able to leave Greece more easily from there. But many of them remain stuck in the city, begging – and in some cases, even resorting to prostitution to get by.
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18 The Harrowing Personal Stories of Syrian Refugees, in Their Own Words

3 okt. 2017

A documentary film crew travels to Greece to capture the perspectives of new arrivals.
 
“I don’t think the human mind is able to understand the suffering we’ve experienced,” says a man in Matthew K. Firpo’s short documentary, Refuge. Filmed on location in 2016 in four different refugee camps across Greece—outside Athens and on the islands of Lesvos and Leros—the film allows victims of the Syrian Civil War to share their experiences. One man describes how his sewing factory was completely destroyed, leaving him penniless and starving. Another man says he was jailed and tortured for attempting to distribute food; his brother was killed shortly thereafter. Some lost everyone and everything. “Wherever I went in Syria, I saw the injured and the dead,” yet another refugee recounts. For Firpo and his production team, Refuge was a passion project fueled by “wanting to know more about the people living these headlines. I wanted to know more about their stories, about what they had lost, what they had left behind, and where they hoped their lives were headed. While news coverage focused on the problem, it often forgot about the human being.”
 
For more information on the film, visit: http://www.refugeproject.co/refuge-mkf/
 
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19 Syrian Refugee Children Speak Out | UNICEF

4 feb. 2013

Syrian children discuss escaping the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic and their current situation in Lebanon as refugees.
 
For more information about the Syrian crisis, please go to: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/s…
 
The official UNICEF YouTube channel is your primary destination for the latest news updates from the frontline, documentaries, celebrity appeals, and more about our work to get the rights of every child realized.

20 Children Fleeing Syria Are Dying In Lebanon’s Refugee Camps

23 aug. 2017

Robbed of a Homeland: Thousands of Syrians escaped war to refugee camps in Lebanon. But a shortage of medical supplies mean life for many is just as dangerous as in a war zone, as people die from treatable diseases. Sarah Abo and Ronan Sharkey report for Dateline.

21 This Is Home: Children Document Life in Largest Syrian Refugee Camp

26 sep. 2016

ABC and UNICEF partnered to give Syrian child refugees a chance to document their lives.

22 Syrian Refugee Camps Becoming Established Cities

23 jun. 2014

Home away from home: The tragic story of the Jordan/Syria border crisis.

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The civil war in Syria has created the world’s worst refugee crisis in twenty years. 2.8 million people have fled their homeland to live in foreign camps, such as the UNHCR camp in northern Jordan.

“I always heard the word refugee but I never imagined I would be one”, says Samar Hariri, a grieving school teacher and mother of five. Samar, her husband and their children are just a handful of the 100,000 displaced Syrians who flocked to Camp Zaatari – just a few kilometres from the border with Syria – and who now call it home. Two years ago, collections of tents sat incongruously in the middle of this barren desert. Now a refugee city with a distinctive heart and soul of its own, a community of resilient, hopeful people looks set to grow ever more established. “You ask yourself, why is this happening to me? A person who always had dignity now has none”. Once a prosperous, middle class family man, Abu Diaa now focuses on transforming their camp into something resembling home: an essential coping mechanism for enduring life in a refugee camp. It is an impulse Kilian Kleinschmidt, head of Zaatari Camp, understands: “When you lose everything… your home, your belongings, you have lost your identity. Everything has gone.” In this deeply moving report we witness the stoicism of a family rebuilding themselves among thousands of others.

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23 World’s largest Syrian refugee camp has developed its own economy

 

18 jun. 2016

Zataari in Jordan, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world with 80,000 people, was supposed to provide temporary housing for people when the government and United Nations opened it in 2012. But since residents have not been able to leave, they have started 3,000 businesses, including pastry shops, a pizza place, a supermarket and a gardening shop, and cities nearby have loosened employment restrictions.

24 The dangerous boat ride to Greece through the eyes of a Syrian refugee girl | UNICEF

5 nov. 2015

Malak, a 7-year-old Syrian girl with an old soul, recounts her journey from Syria to Greece. She misses her friends and lost all of her belongings during the dangerous journey to Europe with her mother. After reaching Greece, she says “I hope things get back to how they were.”
 
Find out more about our work helping children affected by the refugee and migrant crisis: http://www.unicef.org/emergencies/ind… 
 
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25 Syrian Refugees in Kurdistan | Faith Matters

7 apr. 2014

Dmiz Refugee Camp is located on the outskirts of Dohuk, in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, some 70 kilometers from the Syrian border. It was constructed to accommodate 10,000 persons but an estimated 70,000 are living there now: refugees from the civil war in Syria. Read more: http://www.dw.de/program/faith-matter…

26 Syrian Children – Refugee Camp Niroz | UNICEF

21 aug. 2013

Syrian Children in Refugee Camps.

Produced by Jezza Neumann for Your Worldview, a global online platform showcasing short films from around the world.

For its new “HOME” season, Neumann produced several short films about Syrian children in the Domiz refugee camp in Kurdistan, Iraq.

This segment of Kids in Camps features a 10-year-old girl named Neeroz.

The official UNICEF YouTube channel is your primary destination for the latest news updates from the frontline, documentaries, celebrity appeals, and more about our work to get the rights of every child realized.

27 Lebanon: A tiny computer lets Syrian refugees learn | UNICEF

20 nov. 2014

More than three years into the Syrian crisis, many of the 3 million displaced children haven’t returned to school. But UNICEF innovation specialist James Cranwell-Ward saw a solution in a small low-cost technology – a computer hard drive the size of a credit card called the Raspberry Pi.

To read more stories on The State of the World’s Children, visit: http://www.sowc2015.unicef.org.

The official UNICEF YouTube channel is your primary destination for the latest news updates from the frontline, documentaries, celebrity appeals, and more about our work to realize the rights of every child.

28 Syrian Children in Lebanon- Return to Learning | UNICEF

10 jan. 2014

Watch children, parents and teachers discuss what it’s been like for Syrian refugee children to return to learning through ‘non-formal’ classes, in Lebanon.
 
For more information, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/l… official UNICEF YouTube channel is your primary destination for the latest news updates from the frontline, documentaries, celebrity appeals, and more about our work to get the rights of every child realized.

29 Refugee Life: Through a Child’s Eyes

12 jul. 2016

Little Hamze was uprooted from his home in Mosul, Iraq when ISIS swept through the area in 2014. Now, he and his father have made it to Idomeni, Greece where they await safe passage to Germany and hope to be able to send for Hamze’s mother and sister. 
 
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30 Hiba’s Story: Ten-Year-Old Syrian Refugee | UNICEF USA

29 nov. 2016

Every time you get a child to learn and play. There is hope. 
 
Hiba Al Nabolsi, age 10, a refugee from Syria, at a center in Macedonia where UNICEF helps children with education, activities, sanitation, and a child friendly space where they can play and learn. 
 
Born out of the rubble of WW II, UNICEF has promoted children’s rights and has a presence in over 190 countries and territories, helping to save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization. 
 
However dire the circumstances, UNICEF has always stood for hope, because we know that — with commitment over time — we can accomplish real progress for the world’s children.

31 We Walk Together: a Syrian refugee family’s journey to the heart of Europe

10 sep. 2015

Thousands of refugees were sleeping rough at Budapest’s Keleti station, waiting for trains to take them to western Europe. Then, they just got up and walked. Guardian journalist and filmmaker John Domokos went with them, every step of the way. This is the story of one Syrian family, and those who came out to help.

32 The Long Journey – A Syrian Family’s Europe Passage

 

29 dec. 2015

After explosions rock their home in Kobane, Syria, a young family set out on a perilous journey in search of safety in northern Europe.
 
“Our life was destroyed. We saw many people slaughtered in front of our eyes. We don’t dare go back,” Naleen said, huddled under a tree.
 
Dara and Naleen were among the thousands who fled Kobane, the Kurdish village on Syria’s border with Turkey, which was overrun by militants.
 
It was on the beach of the small fishing village of Skala Sikaminias, under the light of the Church of the Mermaid Madonna, that we first met Dara and Naleen and their family. Like so many others, they had nothing but their mobile phones, some money, a bag for the children and the clothes on their backs.
 
This is their story.
 
Learn more: http://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/201…

33 Syria’s women refugees fear sham marriages and rape

28 mrt. 2013

Produced, directed & filmed by Sharron Ward 
Reported by Jackie Long.
 
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34 Syrian Refugee Children – Struggle in Lebanon Winter | UNICEF

Syrian Refugee Children talk about living in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, now that winter has come. Subscribe to UNICEF here: http://bit.ly/1ltTE3m
 
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35 Syria: No strings l Witness

18 aug. 2014

Three Syrian children seek refuge over the Turkish border where teachers try to help them cope with the trauma of war.

36 The extraordinary friendships formed by Syrians fleeing the frontlines | Inside Idlib

 
10 jul 2019
The first of our special reports is from inside one of those displacement camps up near the Turkish border.
 
Fleeing civilians from all over the country have been thrown together and usually have no-one else to depend on but each other. They’re often strangers, but with one shared experience – war. We have the story of two unlikely friends, helping each other through the worst of times.
 

19 mrt. 2015

Filmmaker: Ahmet Yurtkul Five Syrians, among the thousands fleeing to Turkey, reveal their hopes, fears, and why their

37 Syrian refugees in Turkey suffer harsh living conditions

17 jan 2016
 

More than 2 million refugees and migrants that crossed into Europe last year, fleeing Syria’s civil war, currently live in Turkey. Nearly 90 percent of those refugees are now living outside of traditional refugee camps, presenting a whole new set of challenges for international relief agencies. NewsHour Special Correspondent Mike Cerre reports.

38 Images of the refugee crisis | DW Documentary

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4 sep. 2020

Images from the refugee crisis in 2015 are etched in our collective memory. A dead child on the beach. A Syrian who talks the German chancellor into joining in a selfie. A frightened boy being torn from a bus surrounded by a raging mob.

These snapshots represent dramatic moments from the time when nearly a million refugees entered Germany in the summer of 2015. In this documentary, the authors Bamdad Esmaili and Matthias Fuchs go in search of the stories behind the pictures. What really happened back then? Where are the people who were in them now? And how did their lives unfold after the summer when German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared in front of the television cameras to say, “We’ll manage this”?

Anas Modamani lives and studies in Berlin. In 2015, he photographed himself and the Chancellor together. “Through that ‘selfie.’ I found friends and learned the language,” he says. But the image didn’t just bring him good fortune. His likeness went viral and he was labelled a terrorist. Modamani took Facebook to court. The filmmakers also encounter volunteers from Munich’s main train station who handed out teddy bears back then. And they meet perfectly integrated refugees who love Bavarian food as well as others who have barely learned German even after five years. Again and again, Esmaili and Fuchs ask, “‘We’ll manage it.’ But did we really?” They also speak with the father and aunt of two-year-old Alan Kurdi, who drowned near the Turkish town of Bodrum.

Five years after the refugee crisis, it seems the world has changed yet somehow still remains the same. The situation on the border between Turkey and Greece has not eased and Europe still doesn’t have any workable solutions to the problem of how to process and distribute new refugees. Even now, in 2020, thousands of people are still hoping to make their way to Europe.

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39 Moria – the EU’s failed refugee policy | DW Documentary

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31 jan. 2021

The Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has become a symbol of the failure of EU Policy. Dramatic images of a fire at the camp in September 2020 have put pressure on the EU Commission to draft a new refugee agreement.

The flaws of EU refugee policy have been known for years: asylum applications take far too long to process, only some member states accept approved refugees, and many asylum seekers who’ve been turned down can’t be sent back to their countries of origin. But who is actually responsible for the situation in Moria? Is it the EU, or individual member states that refuse to compromise? And what are the chances of finding a solution, after years of deadlock?

The makers of this documentary tracked the lives of refugees on Lesbos for a year. Living conditions in the Moria camp have long been unacceptable. Some German cities, including Bielefeld, offered help immediately after the fire. Should the camp take in new refugees? The film features interviews with supporters and critics of this policy, and with former refugees who lived at the camp.

The reporters also talked to EU officials, and politicians and experts from various countries to try to find out why this situation has dragged on for so long. They also discuss proposals for a more equitable distribution of future refugees among EU member states. For years, those countries have insisted that asylum applications be examined at their borders. That concept quite obviously failed in Moria.

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40 When Europe turns a blind eye: Life and death in the Mediterranean • FRANCE 24 English

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23 jul 2021

In the spring of 2021, FRANCE 24 went on board the Ocean Viking, the rescue vessel of the European NGO SOS Méditerranée. Off the coasts of Libya, we filmed both successful rescue missions and others that ended in tragedy, while observing how the authorities interacted with the vessel’s staff.

41 Libya’s Descent Into Immigration Chaos (2014)

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8 sep 2016

The Migrant Trap (2014): For African migrants Libya used to be a Mecca: a place to find work or get access to Europe. But now the workers who come here are trapped in the political, economic and social chaos engulfing the country.

42 Border Force Try to Stop a Potential Sex Trafficking Situation | Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport

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26 sep 2019

Border Force Rob returns to cross-examine unsuspecting passengers arriving into the UK and ends up dealing with a potential sex trafficking situation.

Inside The World’s Deadliest Migrant Route

 

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Inside The World’s Deadliest Migrant Route

29 jan. 2021

We join the ‘Open Arms’ crew as they embark on the most dangerous migrant route in the world — and one of their deadliest missions to date.

An estimated 19,000 people have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014 as they attempt the treacherous boat journey from Libya to Europe, fleeing war, persecution and poverty.

Since its foundation in 2015, Spanish NGO Open Arms has rescued over 60,000 refugees. But nothing prepared it for the events that unfolded on November 11, 2020.

Director: Jean-Marc Joseph
Editor: Guillem Comas
Music & Sound Editor: James Hall

Hungarian Translation: Attila Piróth
Brazilian Portuguese Translation: Mariana Braga
German Translation: Janina Gilch

We join the ‘Open Arms’ crew as they embark on the most dangerous migrant route in the world — and one of their deadliest missions to date. WATCH NEXT: Mother Screams for Lost Baby as Migrant Boat Sinks – https://youtu.be/GayRUAGLcxI
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many of us are living in a paradise. and we don’t even know.
IBRAHIM Alowonle
Man, I hate seeing this, it makes me sad to see what people have to go through in this World. I have a much easier life than them,I have access to good education,I live in peace,im not poor,I live in USA a free country,I have food to eat and water to drink. I’m so grateful, anybody seeing this comment count your blessings man many many people will literally die for what you have and what you have access to I’m telling you.Oh please Lord help these suffering people and help these corrupt countries, Amen.
Kerline11kl
Here I am in America feeling down and depressed with no family or friends, taking everything for granted, meanwhile these people are just looking for a better life. Man, I outta be grateful I’m not in that position.
TOONCHi
Just remember One of your worst days, can be someone else’s greatest. be grateful.
yasmeen abusuhaiban
I started crying when the 7 years old boy said he doesn’t know where his mother is, that’s someone worst nightmare and I hope he finds his mom and all this people are healthy and safe!!
Ärman2much
I hv been there, and after 3years, those horrible memories still hunts in my dreams, it made me to afraid or hate or have phobia about the sea. I feel like I would never travel or even go a trip at sea, and hope tht no one would never go through this horrible graveyard. Thanks to these brave people saving these people, stay strong.
Kisana _
I think everyone should see this to understand how easy life we have
soulofnature
Today humans beings are more obsessed with celebs, followers, buying their crap, material goods and brands and forget that people are dying like this who needs all the help we can give them. i hate the unfairness of the world we live in….makes me depressed as hell
Dan And The Lions Den
People focus on the migrants but we need to really focus on why they’re leaving and what the country is doing… If not it’ll continue to happen.
Lucy
It’s horrible to see the children who didn’t ask to be out in this situation ☹️
mdn_classique
Half of me is glad I watched this, the other half is filled with regret
Cosmas Jalar
Sincerely guys never play around with your mother. See how that woman shouted for her baby in the boat 😭😭😭😭😭
 

43 Live Frogs For Dinner

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23 jun. 2012

In this prank, people are served a bunch of live, uncooked frogs. That’s it. And they all go OMG you just served me frogs LOL!
 
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