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Exiles in PatrasThe migrants attempt to illicitly enter Italy, hidden under containers or hanging on under the trailers of heavy goods vehicles: that’s the only way for them to get to Bari, Ancona or Venice, to stay in Italy or to “freely” go to the neighboring European countries. |
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The forced exile of young Afghan peopleThey are taking refuge in the park Villemin, located in Paris (10th), after an unsuccessful passing through in Calais (they had to hide in a truck going to Hungary) and their stopover will be as short as possible. « I can’t imagine staying here. We met many Afghan people who obtained papers (a provisional authorization of stay) nevertheless they sleep in the park, and now in the streets because there are no hotel nor accommodation available for them here ». |
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A day in the life of a clownAugustin, aged 50, has been an artist since 1993. Originally from Austria, he now lives by the river Seine under Pont-Neuf and likes to call himself a ‘troubadour’. |
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Guca, The Balkans WoodstockEstablished in 1961, the Guca festival makes up the largest assembly of orchestras in the country. For more than 40 years the ‘gyps brass band’, a group of wild gypsies, have come to take part in this concert that takes place on a site with natural acoustics; the valley of Guca. The festival’s aim is to discover the ‘best trumpeter’ and the ‘best orchestra’. It is the Woodstock of the Balkans; the last big gathering that is worthy of this name. In the beginning 4 brass bands competed for the prize of the ‘golden trumpet’, today there are 20 different bands who arrive having qualified in other similar festivals that take place all over Serbia. |
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The Quatre Tours RiotsHe city violence of November 2005, began with the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted at an EDF station. This incident triggered nights of violence in the city. The tear-gas bomb, that reached the prayer room of a city centre mosque, heightened the anger of groups of young, and provoked continued violence in Seine-Saint-Denis, and then throughout Paris’s suburbs finally spreading to other French cities. The majority of the troubles unraveled in Seine-Saint-Denis. |
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The United Nations Secret SchoolAware that the United Nations flag can no longer protect them, the UN has put a training program into place. Organized at a military base in Northern Europe the program consists of between 25 and 35 people of different nationalities. At the program practical outweighs theory - road accidents, imitated kidnappings, check point procedure, driving amongst mines and evacuation procedure are some of the key parts of the training which disassociates itself from military training. Obviously no real shots are fired but everything is designed to generate reality: local inhabitants disguise themselves as refugees and genuine soldiers take part. |
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