25 January 2010

Multimedia: Asylum Seekers/Europe, Burmese/UK, Climate Displacement, IDPs/Afghanistan, Women Asylum Seekers/UK

(updated)

Audio: More Effective Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Southern Afghanistan (Dec. 2009) [access]

Film: Moving to Mars [access]
- Documentary that tracks two Burmese refugee families from their stay in a Thai refugee camp to their resettlement in the British city of Sheffield.

Photo Gallery: Climate Change and Displacement (Dec. 2009) [access]
- UNHCR photos of people displaced by natural disasters, which many feel are the direct result of climate change.

Slideshow: Search for Survival in Europe: The Journey of Migrants and Asylum Seekers (Dec. 2009) [access]
- "MSF urges European governments to respect life, dignity and healthcare of migrants and asylum seekers."

Video: Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum (Dec. 2009) [access]
- Looks at how poorly women asylum seekers are treated in the UK.

Video: The Rising Tide (Jan. 2010) [access via Towards Recognition]
- Looks at the impact of climate change on the Sunderban Islands in India.

[Photo credit: UNHCR/R.LeMoyne, from "Some 15,000 families displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan," 2006]


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