Opening campagne voor stedelijke vluchtelingen in Brussel (en)
26/11/2012 - Today, Kristalina Georgieva i, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will open a unique multimedia event - 'Hidden Lives: The Untold Story of Urban Refugees'. The event takes place from 18.00 to 20.00 at Les Halles de Saint-Géry in Brussels.
The multimedia event launches an awareness-raising campaign on urban refugees exposing the hidden crisis of millions of refugees who disappear into the urban sprawl and the problems they face every day. The campaign is a joint effort of European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Panos Pictures.
The event will feature a conversation with the World Press Photo award-winning photographer Andrew McConnell who spent several months documenting the new reality of urban refugees in eight cities across four continents. Through images, refugee testimonies and videos, the resulting body of work presents a unique insight into the lives of today’s urban refugees while challenging commonly held stereotypes. From Somali refugees in Nairobi to Syrian refugees in northern Jordan, and from Burmese refugees in Kuala Lumpur to Afghani refugees in New York, the story of where people flee when they have lost everything is changing.
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