Posts Tagged ‘Journeys’
‘Shocking’ UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys
Britain’s newest reality TV show has been slammed as “insensitive”, “voyeuristic” and even “nauseating” for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled “Go Back to Where You Came From”, the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the group of six, who hold…
Read MoreUkrainians Brave Arduous Journeys To Russian-occupied Homeland
War, interrogations and a journey lasting days are not enough to stop Anna visiting her parents and beloved little brother in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. She left her family behind in the months after Russia’s invasion of her homeland and, like several million other Ukrainians, has been living in Europe since. The 25-year-old has twice made…
Read MoreTraumatic Journeys Of Ethiopians Seeking A Better Life
Starvation, torture, robbery — young Ethiopian migrant “returnees” recount the horrors they endured on their fruitless journeys in search of a better life in the Gulf. “I was imprisoned and beaten for money. I have a scar on my back which has lasted five months,” said 23-year-old Abu Gizaw Assefaw, now back home nursing his…
Read MoreTraumatic Journeys Of Ethiopians Seeking A Better Life
Starvation, torture, robbery — young Ethiopian migrant “returnees” recount the horrors they endured on their fruitless journeys in search of a better life in the Gulf. “I was imprisoned and beaten for money. I have a scar on my back which has lasted five months,” said 23-year-old Abu Gizaw Assefaw, now back home nursing his…
Read MoreUkrainian Flood Rescuers Risk Perilous Journeys Across Front Line
Flooding from the Kakhovka dam breach extends over 600 square kilometres AFP Ukrainian rescuers have been venturing into Russian-held areas despite shelling as they search for residents stranded by massive flooding from a destroyed dam. “We continue to save our people. And this includes getting people from occupied territories,” a military press officer, Sergiy Sergeyev,…
Read MoreCut Off By Cyclone, Malawian Villagers Face Hunger, Perilous Journeys
Malawian villages near the Mozambican border were badly affected by Cyclone Freddy, which has killed at least 438 people AFP A husband holds his heavily pregnant wife’s hand as the two wade across roaring floodwaters in southern Malawi. She is due any moment but their village has been cut off by Cyclone Freddy, leaving them…
Read MoreN.Ireland Journeys From Building Ships To Screen Hits
Northern Ireland’s scenery has proven a draw for production companies AFP For much of the last century Belfast’s dockyards dominated global shipbuilding but now the harbour that built Titanic is the launchpad for some of the world’s biggest TV and film releases. A string of major recent cinematic and streaming projects made in the UK…
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