Refuge#36: Land of the Chin people
Za Dim, a Chin woman from Myanmar, describes how some Chin people who had fled to Mizoram, India, were exploited due to their illegal immigration status.
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Refuge#35 The difficulties of being Chin
The mother of Ling Ling is from the Chin tribe in north west Myanmar. I meet interview her at hehome in Adelaide where her daughter interprets for her.
Refuge#34 Bus Stop Trail
Previously in Refuge#33 Armed with a Torch in Dadaab: Otholi described the challenges of living at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. On 10 March 2010, Otholi, Ariet and...
Refuge#33 Armed with a Torch in Dadaab
Otholi describes the challenges that his people, the Anuak, faced at the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, and how he worked as a guard for community security.
Refuge#32 The Price of Oil
Previously in Refuge#31 Ethiopian Borderlands: Otholi describes how his homeland was divided into two by the British during colonial times. As a consequence of this...
Refuge#31 Ethiopian borderlands
Otholi talks about the fertile Gambella plains in Ethiopia, and how the Anuak lived as one people before the demarcation the Sudanese and Ethiopian border.
Refuge#30 Just a number
Sabah and Lamia still miss Iraq where they were more than just a number, but their daughter Ranin embraces the new opportunities that she has in Australia.
Refuge#29 Safe games such as chess
Even playing chess was dangerous during Saddam Hussein's rule. So Iba translates for the Americans when they arrive, but the violence doesn't stop.
Refuge #28 Think of Lenin
In 1979, Sabah was jailed in Iraq for being a communist. He and Lamia describe how political dissent, imprisonment and war affected them.