DW's InfoMigrants has been awarded Silver at the 2022 Lovie Awards for its feature podcast 'Tales from the Border' in the category Documentary Podcast. The awards were announced on November 2.
InfoMigrants first spoke to Moroccan migrant Ayoub in April 2021. He had spent more than a year traveling through 13 countries to reach France. Since then, he has kept in touch with our reporter, Dany Mitzman. This is his story.
InfoMigrants's feature podcast "Tales from the Border" takes listeners on an audio journey across the political and physical barriers that confront migrants as they attempt to reach their destination in Europe.
From Calais on a clear day, migrants can see the white cliffs of Dover in the UK. Those who have run out of money try to board lorries, others hope to pay smugglers thousands of euros to cross in small boats. But police patrols are everywhere and the camps regularly evicted. Still, migrants here stay, hoping one day their luck will turn.
Since 2015, migration routes through Italy towards France have gradually changed. Today, many migrants climb high up in the Alps to arrive in France, heading west from the Balkan route and north from Italy's south.
High up on the border between Italy and France are resorts popular with tourists for their sunshine, snow and ski slopes. But in recent years they've also become known for their solidarity, sympathy and support for migrants.
In this episode of the InfoMigrants' podcast Tales from the Border, András Léderer from the Hungarian Helsinki Committe and reporter Idro Seferi head to the 'Afghan park' in Belgrade where they meet migrants, including Amir, a pharmacist from Iraq who is traveling with his wife and two small children.
In this episode of the InfoMigrants' podcast Tales from the border, András Léderer from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and reporter Idro Seferi journey further into Serbia, close to its border with Croatia and Romania. Here they meet a group of men camping out in the woods.
Jalal is a migrant from Morocco. He was traveling the Balkan route and made it over the border to Hungary before he was hit by a vehicle and suffered "terrible" injuries. Now in a camp in Serbia, he met with András Léderer from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and reporter Idro Seferi to tell his tale.
In the second episode of InfoMigrants' podcast Tales from the Border, we climb on board the Ocean Viking, the private rescue ship run by SOS Mediterranée. What is life like on board the 'big boat'? Migrants and crew members recount the moments before, during and after a rescue operation.
The InfoMigrants podcast Tales from the Border starts in Senegal. Looking out over thousands of kilometers of Atlantic Ocean, towards the Canary Islands, many still dream of a better life in Europe. Meet those who tried to cross, those who failed, and those who made it.