Dispossessed, The (4 Parts)

Synopsis: A survey of the world refugee situation, highlighting those communities who are falling through the cracks in the old world order while nations try to build a new one.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 60 min.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Free loan
Notes: Broadcast on C4 from 4/9/91.
Subjects: Development studies
Keywords: Afghanistan; Malawi; Philippines; refugees

Title: World on the move, A
Synopsis: 1: Africa has the highest concentration of refugees in the world, and Malawi has the highest of all. They are given land and shelter by the government, but the dependency of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on voluntary contributions from w
Title: Strangers in their own land
Synopsis: 2: Looks at 'internal refugees' who stay in their own land but receive little help from the international organisations, which are loath to intervene in the 'internal affairs' of other countries. Shows a 15-year-old boy who lost his home, his father and t
Title: No going back 1
Synopsis: 3: Afghan refugees, who comprise almost a third of the world's refugees population. They are the forgotten victims of conflict between the superpowers, neither of which is prepared to rebuild the country they all but destroyed.
Title: Fortress Europe
Synopsis: 4: Fewer than one in 10 of the refugee boat people come to the West, but governments are building barriers to keep them out.

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