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Pakistani refugees flee to Afghanistan - 06 Oct 08
Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing their homeland and escaping into Afghanistan. Fighting between Taliban and Pakistani forces began in August. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports on the people caught in the crossfire.
Length: 148
Rating: 5.00 (6 ratings)
Tags: Pakistan Afghanistan refugees Taliban Al Jazeera English Zeina Khodr
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Russian refugees flee Georgia
A group of Russian refugees has had to cross the border with Georgia at gunpoint. They said that, despite having all the necessary documents, the Georgian police didn't want to let them through.
Length: 112
Rating: 4.40 (21 ratings)
Tags: refugees Russia Georgia Abkhazia South Ossetia
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Refugees by Suheir Hammad
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.
Length: 198
Rating: 4.90 (86 ratings)
Tags: Suheir Hammad Def Poetry Spoken Word Katrina Hurricane New Orleans NOLA Tsunami Dafur Africa Refugees Camp
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North Korean Refugees
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.
Length: 1026
Rating: 4.50 (68 ratings)
Tags: journeyman pictures north korea korean refugees chinese authorities US nuclear weaponry deprivation famine disaster
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Angelina Jolie responds to "Give Refugees a Hand"
Since early 2001, renowned American actress Angelina Jolie has traveled the world as a Goodwill Ambassador to UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency. On World Refugee Day, she pays tribute to the forcibly uprooted and to the people who protect them.
Length: 33
Rating: 4.80 (83 ratings)
Tags: "Angelina Jolie" UNHCR "World Refugee Day" displaced hands solutions actress hollywood
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Refugees
From "The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other" (1970)
N. was somewhere years ago and cold:
ice locked the people's hearts and made them old.
S. was birth to pleasant lands, but dry:
I walked the waters' depths and played my mind.
E. was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun:
the winds came gently, several
heads became one
in the summertime, though august people sneered...
we were at peace, and we cheered
We walked along, sometimes hand in hand,
between the thin lines marking sea and sand;
smiling very peacefully,
we began to notice that we could be free,
and we moved together to the West.
W. is where all days shall someday end;
where the colours turn from grey to gold,
and you can be with the friends.
And light flakes the golden clouds above:
West is Mike and Susie,
West is where I love.
There we shall spend the final days of our lives...
tell the same old stories: well, at least we tried.
So into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go;
oh! yes, and our apologies to those
who'll never really know the Way....
We're refugees, walking away from the life we've known and loved...
nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone.
We're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags, tied up with string...
nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, but we'll be happy on our own.
West is Mike and Susie;
West is Mike and Susie;
West is where I love,
West is refugees' home.
Length: 383
Rating: 5.00 (12 ratings)
Tags: rock progresivo progressive van der graaf graaff generator 1970 refugees peter hammill blues jazz pop rap soul folk hip-hop alternativa clásica paÃs electrónico independiente sin sello discográfico música del mundo religiosa
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