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" Matronly eviction of 10,000 people deported from Calais, who were caught by the police. Great Pozar jungle - Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday. Fascists hunt very well. Children still in Jungli today morning when bulldozers razed the school and more" 2016

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Thousands of Africans put their lives at risk as they go on a boat journey in search of what they think would be a better and easier living. It is a journey that begins with hope, but often ends in despair.

Most of them depart from Libya late at night, travelling across the Mediterranean Sea in broad streams with Italy as their central destination.

We all travel to get to plant a new life. We Africans we believe that if you go to Europe your life is good.

Patrick Jabbi, 27, a Congolese migrant

Last year, more than 170,000 migrants arrived there, representing the largest influx of people into one country in European Union history.

Most of the migrants are Eritrean and Syrian but numerous Africans from sub-Saharan regions also use this route.

This year almost 2,000 people have died trying to make this crossing. And the Libyan coast guard intercepts many of the boats transporting illegal immigrants from across Africa to Italy.

We travelled off the coast of Libya to meet African migrants risking everything for a future in Europe.

Who are they? Where do they come from? And what do they expect to find on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea?

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid meets three young Africans who are in a Libyan detention centre: Patrick Jabbi, 27, from Congo; Baba Lami, 19, from Gambia; and Alima Bakhari, 23, from Nigeria, who was one of the few women on the boat that was boarded by the Libyan coast guard.

We find out more as Patrick, Baba and Alima talk to Al Jazeera in the field.
You can talk to Al Jazeera too. Join our as we turn the mike and cameras to the voiceless. You can also share your views and keep up to date with our latest interviews on .

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African migrants: What really drives them to Europe?

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Thousands of Africans put their lives at risk as they go on a boat journey in search of what they think would be a better and easier living. It is a journey that begins with hope, but often ends in despair.

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Iraqi Mum Dreams of Seeing Family - UN Refugee Agency Youtube

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Iraqi Mum Dreams of Seeing Family - UN Refugee Agency Youtube

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Syria's refugees: Girls use photography to document life in the Zaatari camp

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Syria's refugees: Girls use photography to document life in the Zaatari camp

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150,000 Refugees Are Being Educated, Thanks to These Businesses

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150,000 Refugees Are Being Educated, Thanks to These Businesses

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The UN announced at the start of this summer that the last time the world saw a refugee crisis of this level was during World War II. So why, amid wars, terrorism, and natural disasters, are we worried about children attending school?

With the refugee crisis hitting unprecedented levels, the educational needs of children and youth are often the last consideration - an afterthought following water, food, and shelter.
11 Facts you should know about the Refugee Crisis
Education currently receives less than 2% of humanitarian aid. Which is a catastrophic oversight for the 75 million children and youth currently missing out on an education - over half of whom are girls. Educating these children is the first step toward lifting them out of trauma and helping them to rebuild their future and their communities.

With a problem so vast, everyone has to play their part to help fix it. That includes corporations. Which is why Global Citizen targeted companies to get involved in however they can. With the help of 23,738 emails from Global Citizens, three companies committed to individual commitments at the Global Citizen Festival that totalled more than $4.5 million. A sum that is collectively set to affect the lives of 150,000 refugees in the coming year.
See the full impact of Global Citizen Festival 2016

HP equips refugees with tools and training to better 100,000 lives
Seeking financial resources makes most obvious sense from a sector that turns over trillions of dollars in profit every year. Yet, perhaps even more importantly, they possess the tools and expertise that could play a vital role in tackling the issues around poverty. Microsoft and HP's recent commitments in support of refugees are a perfect example of this in action.

At the Global Citizen Festival 2016, HP committed more than $1 million in technology and training support to help refugees, alleviate poverty, and improve the lives of over 100,000 people in the coming year.
Microsoft concocts a five-step plan to connect, create and educate

Microsoft's technology, Skype, connecting students in NY with students in refugee camps across the world on World Humanitarian Day
A five-step holistic plan announced at the Global Citizen Festival revealed the software company is helping out in the way they know best, in order to provide access to technology, employment and even mental health service for the world's 65 million refugees. Microsoft committed to:

-Deliver counseling and psychosocial support for 10,000 refugees and migrants in partnership with Mercy Corps.

-Provide free Skype translator support for partner relief organizations.

-Provide digital literacy and computer science for 60,000 young refugees via Youthspark, the arabic to german language training program.

-Fund 20,000 refugees to complete Imagine Academy Training, a globally recognised technology certification, in partnership with Pearson.

-Create an innovation hub in a crisis affected area to provide local refugees with networking, technology and entrepreneurial skills training to access and pursue jobs in technology.
Canada commits $20 million to education in emergencies, with a nudge from Rihanna The Western Union helps 10,000 people get job ready Elizabeth Roscoe speaking on behalf of Western Union on their commitment to expanding access to education for refugees.
The Western Union Foundation also pledged to do their part to ease the plight of refugees under the age of 18 in this unprecedented crisis. The organization committed to a $750,000 grant over three years to the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, to take their model of education and peacebuilding to Bweyale-Kiryandongo camp in Northern Uganda.

The education model provides vocational and entrepreneurship training, among other things and will impact around 10,000 youth. This commitment is set to expand, since Global Citizen met with the vice president of international programs at Western Union in France to discuss a full scale partnership.

Maureen Sigliano, VP of International Programs at Western Union and Madge Thomas, Deputy Director of Global Policy and Advocacy at Global Citizen, meet at Global Citizen offices in NY

For those who have been forced to leave everything behind, education can provide an essential bridge to a better future, helping them to create a more prosperous life for themselves and their families, wherever they are.

We must continue to encourage the private sector to help build that bridge.
Take action on our latest campaign to prompt profit making companies to do their part.

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150,000 Refugees Are Being Educated, Thanks to These Businesses

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The UN announced at the start of this summer that the last time the world saw a refugee crisis of this level was during World War II. So why, amid wars, terrorism, and natural disasters, are we worried about children attending school?

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What really happens when hundreds of refugees reach Europen soil

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What really happens when hundreds of refugees reach Europen soil

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The Bourbon Argos has been sailing for 40 hours to carry almost 900 refugees rescued from the Mediterranean to Italy - and it arrives just in time.

One of the eight pregnant women on board the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue ship has gone into labour and doctors must get her to hospital as quickly as possible.

"She hadn't told anyone," says a Hungarian midwife who discovered the expectant mother's contractions during a routine check as the boat prepared to dock.

A day rescuing refugees from the Mediterranean Sea

"The pregnant women we have on board just want to survive the boat journey and get to Italy, they don't complain."

The mother-to-be is one of the first passengers to be disembarked from the Bourbon Argos in the Sicilian port city of Catania, being rushed into an ambulance by waiting Red Cross medics.

She is not the only person needing urgent medical attention. One man is stretchered away with a gunshot wound in his leg, suffered six days before he was rescued as he tried to escape a prison controlled by an armed gang in Libya.

Another was so badly tortured in the country he is severely traumatised and unable to walk, being wheeled into a waiting ambulance, and one man almost drowned after falling overboard when an overloaded rubber boat started to deflate as it was rescued on Friday.

Amid the pain and distress is a sense of elation, with the wounded followed by a stream of families carrying babies, toddlers and small children in their arms, then unaccompanied minors and women travelling alone.

The stories of the refugees rescued from the Mediterranean

Some fall to their knees and throw themselves face down on the ground, kissing the tarmac before standing back with wide smiles, ecstatic to be in Europe - and on dry land.

"Thank you, thank you," say men as they walk down the gangway to disembark, some high fiving aid workers as they go and saying swift goodbyes to new friends.

But the scene awaiting them is not the idyll they might have imagined. Medics wearing face masks and infection suits line up to examine the new arrivals, handing them regulation flip flops before checking their temperatures and looking into their mouths.

Next are the security checks. Police take children out of their parents' arms for a photographer with a cigarette dangling from to take a photo, while an officer holds number cards next to each person's face.

The asylum seekers then pass through medical checks in a network of tents, have their bodies and bags searched and join a long queue for fingerprinting and identification, where police may ask to look through their phones for numbers and photos to identify smuggling networks.

They are finally crowded into metal holding pens in the port's car park, waiting for buses to take them to reception centres where they must apply for the right to stay.

The whole process is agonisingly slow, with refugees who have taken several months or even years to reach Europe sitting or standing in tightly-packed rows on the Bourbon Argos for hours waiting to disembark.

One man refuses to sit down, walking around picking up litter despite the crew's assurance that they will clean the ship. "No, you are heroes," he insists. "We clean."

Groups of 10 migrants are sent across the gangway at a time, with the vessel emptying row by row into the night. The process started at 9am and continues as The Independent departs at 8pm.

In pictures: A day of refugee rescues in the Mediterranean Sea

Exhausted MSF staff have been working almost non-stop since getting a call from Italian commanders to a boat in distress at 3.30am on Friday morning.

On board the largest refugee rescue ship in the Mediterranean

The overloaded dinghy, spotted off the coast of Libya, was the first of many on a hectic day of lifesaving operations, which ended with 868 refugees tessellated across the Bourbon Argos ' decks, bow and gangways as it set sail back to Italy.

Those on board include a Syrian man whose baby was killed in bombing, a Libyan engineer whose city was taken over by Isis, a Nigerian woman kidnapped by Boko Haram, girls trafficked for prostitution and many others with stories of violence and hardship.

They are among more than 332,000 migrants to have arrived by sea in Europe so far this year, with the dominant route currently from Libya to Italy after the controversial EU-Turkey deal came into effect in March.

More than 4,200 have died attempting the treacherous crossings in 2016, now the deadliest year on record, as smugglers use ever smaller and less seaworthy boats in an attempt to evade detection.

Just over a quarter of those who make it are Syrian, followed by Afghans, Iraqis, Nigerians, Eritreans and numerous other nationalities from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

They may have reached safety in Europe, but their problems are far from over as they enter Italy's complex reception system to claim asylum, while borders and barriers continue to strengthen across an increasingly hostile continent.

Elisa Compagnone, a psychological first aid officer, says repeated transfers and interrogations worsen the trauma already suffered by victims of torture and violence, sexually abused women and children travelling alone.

"In general the [African migrants] leave their countries for economic reasons, that's true," the 31-year-old Italian says.

"They go to other places in Africa to try and work there and then they hear that in Libya they can get a good job.

"And after that they face a terrible situation. They are put in ghettos, they are continually abused, especially the women. They are beaten, detained in prisons, kidnapped and sold on. This is what they tell me all the time.

"They don't always want to come to Europe but they want to leave Libya and there is no other way, they cannot go back to their countries. "

Tommaso Fabri, MSF's head of mission in Italy, says the country's reception system is "completely saturated", housing an estimated 165,000 people as its European neighbours refuse to share the load by resettling refugees according to a quota system.

"What the government has done so far is put in emergency structures with basic services," he explains.

"For us it's quite astonishing because what is going on right now isn't an emergency. It's nothing completely new, it's been several years with an average of 150,000, 160,000, 170,000 people arriving in Italy.

"They are scared of what will happen to them and sometimes they really do not know that in Italy they have the right to ask for asylum and have a place to stay.

"We understand it's difficult and it's quite a lot of people but come on. Look at Lebanon, and in Europe we are still at this level."

Alongside other humanitarian groups, MSF is campaigning for Italy to invest in long-term accommodation to afford refugees dignity and access to proper services and protections in line with the Geneva Convention.

But investment is sorely lacking and repeated calls for those fleeing conflict and persecution to be given safe and legal passage to Europe have gone unanswered.

As the weather worsens, the boats from Libya are not stopping, and monitors expect many more deaths at sea before the year is out as humanitarian ships pull out of the Mediterranean one by one for winter.

"European member states are not taking responsibility for the situation," says Mr Fabri.

"They are responsible with the policies they make, bilateral agreements and the EU-Turkey deal, for instance.

"It merely externalises the problem. You put your problem in Libya, Sudan or Turkey or places like that and you let them manage. Then you put obstacles for migrants seeking protection.

"I don't know how long we have to wait, how many deaths at sea do there need to be to make European leaders do something?"

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Refugees facing uncertain future after surviving deadly sea crossing to Europe

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The Bourbon Argos has been sailing for 40 hours to carry almost 900 refugees rescued from the Mediterranean to Italy - and it arrives just in time. One of the eight pregnant women on board the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue ship has gone into labour and doctors must get her to hospital as quickly as possible.

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How Do You Verify the Age of Child Asylum Seekers?

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How Do You Verify the Age of Child Asylum Seekers?

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An article highlighting the difficulties of ensuring that migrants from Calais are of the "allowed" age.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37687916

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Discussion about where we are now with the Refugee Crisia

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Discussion about where we are now with the Refugee Crisia

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Talking about the reaction of Hungary and the other Balkan states to what is happening. New Refugee route in the Mediterranean.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/2000-refugees-rescued-libya-coast-161106090042138.html

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8 ways to solve the world refugee crisis

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8 ways to solve the world refugee crisis

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8 ways to solve the world refugee crisis

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The world’s system for protecting refugees is broken. It is obvious - from of Australia to South Sudan’s vast camps, from Istanbul’s cold streets to the European Union’s heavily fortified walls. Worldwide, 19.5 million people have been forced to seek sanctuary abroad. Governments have a duty to help…

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A year or so old and obviously the situation has changed but still an interesting watch to reflect upon the refugee crisis in Syria

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A year or so old and obviously the situation has changed but still an interesting watch to reflect upon the refugee crisis in Syria

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A refugee's dream: Saba Abraham at TEDxSouthBankWomen

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Saba was born in Eritrea, Africa and came to Australia as refugee in 1992. Since then she has become a freedom fighter and community leader. At TEDxSouthBankWomen she shares her story and dreams of life in Australia.

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Mounira, a Syrian refugee talking about her experiences. It gives a face to the refugees as strong people who have lived through much pain, but who still have hope for a better future.

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Mounira is Syrian. She arrived in Jordan with her children, as a refugee, leaving behind a destroyed country. Despite the events and the hardship, she hopes to return to Syria one day and rebuild the country.

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This trailer is for a documentary based on migrants' experiences and fears as they embark on their dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean https://news.vice.com/video/lifeline-refugees-at-sea-trailer

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w

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Child's drawing living in the refugee camp in Lebanon 

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Child's drawing living in the refugee camp in Lebanon 

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GIVING A FACE TO  NUMBERS - powerful account of 19 year old who made the trip across the Mediterranean

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GIVING A FACE TO  NUMBERS - powerful account of 19 year old who made the trip across the Mediterranean

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https://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_fleming_a_boat_carrying_500_refugees_sunk_at_sea_the_story_of_two_survivors?language=en

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destruction of calais jungle as humanitarian operation 

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destruction of calais jungle as humanitarian operation 

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It's thought there are between 3,500 and 6,000 people living in tents and shelters there but nobody really knows.

Between 800 and 3,500 refugees are affected, with officials trying to force them to move into converted containers to live.

Riot police have been firing tear gas at migrants who have been hurling stones at the demolition teams.

More trouble has broken out between migrants and police.

They want to stay in the camp - known as The Jungle - but the French authorities want to reduce the size of the camp and move refugees into shipping containers.

Officials are calling it a "humanitarian operation".

But the story begins a long way from Calais.

Refugees travel from as far as Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Eritrea.

These are countries where civil wars rage or where human rights are poor.
Find out what happened to Syria.
They risk their lives crossing the sea and smuggling themselves into Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMAjINH_rAs

They walk across Europe to reach countries they want to settle in. There have been various camps around Calais since 2002 but more and more people have arrived in recent years.

There are hundreds of unaccompanied children.

Some charities say there are more than 400 children living in the camp without any parents.

There's concern for their safety and their mental health.

Life in the camp is cold, dirty, miserable and hard.

Some sleep on the floor covered with a few thin sheets of cardboard.

The temperatures often go below zero and plastic bags are used to keep the cold draft from blowing through holes in tents.

Many people living in the Calais Jungle want to reach the UK.

Each day groups of migrants walk to the Channel Tunnel terminal, hoping to hide on trucks heading to Britain.

French police say there are too many migrants to arrest or deal with properly. Some are just freed and then try again to reach the UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffw-Rye8ss

Many migrants fear they will be required to claim asylum in France if they move into the shipping containers, meaning they'll have to give up hope of travelling to Britain to live.

At least 18 people have died since last June trying to get across the Channel.

And people have started to try and help smuggle children into the UK.

The UK says it will take 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhfU3_b5xk

But some say that's not enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkE1ij84Pnc
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The Calais Jungle: How a French port became the focus of a European migrant crisis

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It's thought there are between 3,500 and 6,000 people living in tents and shelters there but nobody really knows. Between 800 and 3,500 refugees are affected, with officials trying to force them to move into converted containers to live.

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Putting faces to the numbers; the stories of those in the refugee crisis

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Putting faces to the numbers; the stories of those in the refugee crisis

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Alexander Betts: Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it

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A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal journeys to safety.

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Syrian Refugees: A Human Crisis Revealed in a Powerful Short Film

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Syrian Refugees: A Human Crisis Revealed in a Powerful Short Film

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiujzFNgHcE

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The journey has only just begun for child refugees arriving in Britain

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The journey has only just begun for child refugees arriving in Britain

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Amnesty International 's Director of Crisis Research

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Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International's Director of Crisis Research, and Todor Gardos, Balkans campaigner are on the Hungary - Serbia border to investigate the effects of Hungary closing its borders to fleeing refugees. For more information: https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2015/09/hungary-refugees-blocked-by-forces-criminalized-by-laws/

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Ted Talk from the point of view of Eritrean refugee

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Ted Talk from the point of view of Eritrean refugee

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkvgZ1YJXS0

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Rapper Lowkey FT. Mai Khalil with a tribute to those that take the perilous journey

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Rapper Lowkey FT. Mai Khalil with a tribute to those that take the perilous journey

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNqum-_5RhY

An explanation of the message behind the music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkyhgStZmc

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Guardian video showing that whilst the media were reporting headlines such "swarms" and " locusts" , refugees were no more than human beings in harrowing circumstances.

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Guardian video showing that whilst the media were reporting headlines such "swarms" and " locusts" , refugees were no more than human beings in harrowing circumstances.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/sep/10/we-walk-together-a-syrian-familys-journey-to-the-heart-of-europe-video

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Amnesty's 8 ways to solve the world refugee crisis

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Amnesty's 8 ways to solve the world refugee crisis

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Why we should be accepting more Syrian refugees

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Why we should be accepting more Syrian refugees

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w