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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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Affichage : 854
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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Affichage : 7087
Durée : 1002 s |
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