Mediterranean crisis sees former Vietnamese boat person break long silence
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 6 (UNHCR) – Harrowing images of the Mediterranean boat crisis has brought back “bitter sweet” memories for Anh Lê, one of Denmark’s most famous Vietnamese restaurateurs, who crossed oceans herself to arrive where she is...
The Sea Route to Europe
A large majority of the thousands of people who made dangerous sea journeys across the Mediterranean into Europe in the first six months of 2015 were fleeing war, conflict or persecution. This makes the current Mediterranean crisis primarily a refugee crisis,...
Acclaimed photo-journalist and refugee records his harrowing sea journey to Australia
As he stepped onto a boat on the Indonesia coast, Barat Ali Batoor knew he might not survive the voyage to Australia. But it was a risk he says he had to take. “It was not an easy decision for me,” says Batoor, 31, who proved luckier than many who brave the high seas...