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Posted in all, features, greater middle east, slides on 27 June 2010
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In Lebanon, a small but densely populated country, there are 12 official camps with about 230,000 refugees. Compared with their counterparts in neighboring Syria and Jordan, Palestinians in Lebanon has the highest percentage of refugees who are living in abject poverty and who are registered with UNRWA’s “special hardship” program.
Shatila camp, located in Beirut’s “belt [...]
Posted in all, features, greater middle east, slides on 22 June 2010
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On 18/07/1948 David Ben-Gurion (the first Prime Minister in Israel) wrote in his diary: “We must do everything to ensure they (the Palestinian refugees) never do return…. The old will die and the young will forget.” Today, 62 years after the Nakba (The 1948 Palestinian exodus) and despite the on-going terror and ethnic cleansing, the [...]
Posted in all, features, africa, slides on 2 April 2010
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Nyabol Badeng, from Torkej, dismantles her tukul to sell the wood and grass in Nasir for food. Torkej, Jikany Nuer territory, was attacked on 8 May by the larger Lol Nuer tribe, and is vulnerable to repeated cattle raids and attacks because of their placement on the river and proximity to Lol Nuer lands. Nyabol’s [...]
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 December 2009
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Stranded is the word that the African immigrants use when, crossing the Sahara desert to arrive in Europe, remain still, without money in an oasis of the desert, Dirkou or Agadez, without being able to move forward or go back.
Stranded is also the word that indicates the condition of African immigrants in Castel Volturno, [...]
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 19 October 2009
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This reportage was taken in a small gypsy village called Çırpı, about an hour away from Izmir, Turkey. Locals of the village came to Turkey around 1930s from Bulgaria and you can clearly see that they are still living in 1930s conditions.
Population of the village is around couple of hundreds and most of them [...]
Posted in all, features, europe, news & global, slides on 14 October 2009
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In 2002, the refugee camp located in Sangatte was closed by the french authorities . In stead of stopping the problem, the closure of the camp deplaced the migration directly into Calais . The refugees now wander in the streets of the town, build huts in the nearby forests and industrial sites, at day time [...]
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