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| Refugees by Suheir Hammad |
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A video about Refugees set to Suheir Hammad's
piece on the K-Salaam hip-hop album. The
pictures in this video were not taken by me.
I only arranged into an original slideshow.
The Dafur pictures were from National
Geographic: Surviving Dafur: African Refugee
Life
I had to do some research, but found out that
the New Orleans pictures were taken by a
photographer named Jacob Applebaum.
Thank you to everyone for the positive
feedback on this video. I hope to make many
more soon.
If I find any comments to be offensive to any
group of people, I will delete them.
Tags : Suheir Hammad Def Poetry Spoken Word Katrina Hurricane New Orleans NOLA Tsunami Dafur Africa Refugees Camp |
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Affichage : 22040
Durée : 198 s |
| North Korean Refugees |
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October 2007
They risk all trying to make it across the
North Korean border to China, only to find no
guarantee of a better life. At constant risk
of being deported, these refugees live a half
life in the shadows.
"I thought if I came to China life would be
better", laments one woman. "I was wrong".
Without Chinese language skills, most North
Korean refugees remain at risk of being
discovered by the police. "The police pay 200
yuan to anyone who discloses the whereabouts
of North Koreans", explains one refugee.
"That's what I'm most afraid of. I'm always
hiding". Easy prey for the unscrupulous,
they're forced to do dangerous jobs for
little money. "Most North Korean women fall
into the hands of human traffickers", states
activist Tim Peters. "They're sold into
prostitution". Unlike other countries, China
classes North Korean refugees as economic
migrants. If caught, they face return to
Pyongyang and almost certain execution.
"North Koreans are being sent back by the
hundreds", complains Peters. Without external
pressure, the situation for these refugees is
unlikely to improve. Their only hope is that
scrutiny surrounding the 2008 Beijing
Olympics will encourage China to change its
policy.
Tags : journeyman pictures north korea korean refugees chinese authorities US nuclear weaponry deprivation famine disaster |
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Affichage : 11098
Durée : 1026 s |
| Sands of Sorrow (1950) Palestinian Arab Refugee Camps Video |
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Sands of Sorrow (1950); On the plight of Arab
refugees from the Arab-Israeli war. Dorothy
Thompson speaks on the refugee problem.
Refugees live in tents in the Gaza Strip, are
given blankets and food by Egyptian soldiers,
and receive flour from UNICEF. A Lebanese
priest conducts services. Refugees work as
plumbers, carpenters, tailors, and shoemakers
in the city of Jerusalem. Doctors vaccinate
refugees against disease. Shows the squalid
living conditions in refugee camps, starving
children, and emphasizes the hopeless
condition of the refugees. Producer: Council
for the Relief of Palestine Arab Refugees;
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
Tags : palestine refugee refugees camp camps palestinian palestinians arabs arab gaza strip israeli war israelis conflict death |
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Affichage : 23843
Durée : 1713 s |
| Bush Visits Refugees on Thai-Myanmar Border |
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PlusBush Visits Refugees on Thai-Myanmar
BorderBush Visits Refugees on Thai-Myanmar
BorderThe Associated PressFirst lady Laura
Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal
campaign by Myanmar's military junta, urged
China and other countries on Thursday to join
the U.S. in imposing sanctions against the
country. (Aug. 7)This video contains ONLY
natural sound. No script is available.
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Durée : 111 s |
| Georgian troops fire at refugees |
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Authorities in South Ossetia say Georgian
troops have shelled the road being used for
evacuating people from the conflict zone,
according to Russian Interfax news agency.
Attacks are continuing in the South Ossetian
region, despite claims from Georgia that it
was imposing a ceasefire.
Tags : Georgian troops refugees South Ossetia ceasefire |
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Durée : 1002 s |
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