Guinea-Bissau

Actor Welket Bunguê holds up a jacket with a clear message at the Berlinale premiere of "Berlin Alexanderplatz" | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Germany
  • Afghanistan

Film about shattered refugee dreams wows Berlinale crowds

The Berlinale Film Festival is one of the biggest events for the global film industry. This year, a movie by an Afghan-German director whose parents came to Germany as refugees is in the running for the top award.

It was this ground in Abidjan that Yaya Touré first began playing football | Photo: With kind permission of the book's authors (Magique système, l’esclavage moderne des footballeurs africains. Éditions Marabout.)
  • Portugal
  • Morocco
  • Mali

Migrating for football: The harsh reality behind the dream

A hard-hitting book, “Magic system: African footballers and the modern slave trade” tells the story of the newest type of human trade: that of African footballers who are ready to do anything in the hope of getting to Europe.

A young migrant is seen disembarking from the Sea-Watch 3 search-and-rescue vessel | Credit: ANSA
  • Sudan
  • Senegal
  • Libya

Minors on Sea-Watch 3 express relief after devastating journey on boat

The 15 minors stuck on board the Sea-Watch 3 for almost two weeks spoke to ANSA about their journey and their future dreams in Europe. They had been refused entry to Italian ports after being rescued at sea in January. Their traumatic experiences continue to haunt them.

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  • Guinea-Bissau

Food sovereignty to fight poverty-derived migration

The Italian NGO Mani Tese is trying to reduce migration due to poverty through projects fostering food sovereignty in migrants' countries of origin.

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