An attempt on October 25, 2004 by North Korean refugees to enter a foreign consulate in China and seek asylum. Note women and children climbing over the barbed wire. Watch and listen carefully about 2:50 into the footage. These people have no protected rights, and are risking their lives. What could drive them to go to such lengths? What are they running from?
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Duration : 0:4:4
Every year, the U.S. detains more than 230,000 immigrants in detention centers and county jails throughout the country. Ten to 13 percent of these detainees are asylum seekers. In this video, an asylum seeker from Cameroon describes how her baby was taken from her and she was jailed when she arrived at a U.S. airport and asked for help.
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Journalist Andrey Novikov, who has been held against his will in psychiatric confinement by the Russian government, is interviewed by Grigory Pasko to make a statement and a request for political asylum. From the RSF report: “Novikov has been the victim of practices contrary to the rule of law,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It seems that Russia’s special services and psychiatrists are still empowered to take charge of anyone whose words or actions stray from the Kremlin line. The use of punitive confinement is very dissuasive for all those who might be tempted to express their disagreement with the authorities.” Visit robertamsterdam.com for more interviews with Novikov.
Duration : 0:1:39
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