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Challenges and victories in refugee volunteering
10:14 - 27:22 (17:07)
The organization for refugee aid has been able to face many challenges and grow in size but also experienced difficulties with volunteers and instances of inhumanity towards refugees by authorities.
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The EU's response to the migrant crisis led front-line states like Greece and Italy to bear the burden of a whole continent.
10:14 - 14:29 (04:14)
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The EU's response to the migrant crisis led front-line states like Greece and Italy to bear the burden of a whole continent. The anti-immigrant temper stoked and sharpened the growing anti-immigrant temper resulting in a grim stalemate.
ChapterChallenges and victories in refugee volunteering
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.’
PodcastThe Daily
Despite border closures and new restrictions, people continue to migrate from the global south to Europe.
14:29 - 17:03 (02:34)
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Despite border closures and new restrictions, people continue to migrate from the global south to Europe. The EU has responded by erecting new physical and legal barriers to keep them out, resulting in increased deaths among migrants.
ChapterChallenges and victories in refugee volunteering
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.’
PodcastThe Daily
Migrants in Greece are reportedly subjected to torture, rape, and murder, and are often stripped of their clothes and shoes and forced back towards Turkey.
17:05 - 22:24 (05:19)
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Migrants in Greece are reportedly subjected to torture, rape, and murder, and are often stripped of their clothes and shoes and forced back towards Turkey. Despite limited access to the media and human rights organizations, evidence of migrants being sold as slaves at open-air auctions has been reported, with many stuck living on the streets while awaiting asylum claims.
ChapterChallenges and victories in refugee volunteering
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.’
PodcastThe Daily
As refugee crises unfold, volunteers flock to help.
22:24 - 27:22 (04:57)
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As refugee crises unfold, volunteers flock to help. But as this article suggests, there are complex ethical and practical dilemmas to be navigated in the volunteer aid industry.