Refugee crisis

Culture news

Refugee Week Greece 2024 celebrates the contributions of refugees

Timed to coincide with global Refugee Week (17-23 June) and World Refugee Day on 20 June, Greece is spotlighting forced migration with a week-long festival of film screenings, workshops and exhibitions.

17 June 2024

Culture news

Berlinale 2024: Director Brandt Andersen on 'The Strangers' Case'

Rare are films like 'The Strangers' Case' that manage to combine striking authenticity with suspenseful, pulse-racing thrills. Euronews Culture sits down with veteran producer, director and activist Brandt Andersen to discuss his film, starring Omar Sy and premiering at the Berlinale.

23 February 2024

Culture news

Polish director Agnieszka Holland: 'We need courageous films'

Euronews Culture sits down with celebrated director Agnieszka Holland to talk about her powerful new film 'Green Border', the European refugee crisis, and the limits of cinema in facing human tragedy.

2 February 2024

Culture news

Film of the Week: 'Zielona Granica' ('Green Border')

An emotionally devastating indictment of a continuing EU crisis - and one of Agnieszka Holland's best films. It won the Special Jury Prize in Venice last year, and is one of the most gripping films you’ll see in 2024.

2 February 2024

United Kingdom

Rishi Sunak secures Commons approval of controversial Rwanda Bill

Relief for British prime minister as he faced down a rebellion within his own party to secure approval for his controversial Rwanda plan for asylum seekers.

17 January 2024

Europe News

Cate Blanchett urges the EU to 'put humanity back' in asylum policy

"We need to come together to put people, to put our humanity back at the centre and the heart of asylum" policy, Cate Blanchett told lawmakers in an impassioned speech before the European Parliament.

8 November 2023

Culture news

Polish leaders accuse film director of acting in support of Putin

The award-winning migration drama 'The Green Border' has been slammed by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland.

25 September 2023

Culture news

Why Poland attacks Venice-winning refugee drama as 'Nazi propaganda'?

Following public attacks from the Polish Justice Minister, who labelled Agnieszka Holland’s Venice-winner 'The Green Border' "Nazi propaganda," the Federation of European Screen Directors has joined several European filmmakers in supporting the refugee drama.

20 September 2023

Europe News

What's in the EU's 10-point plan to tackle Lampedusa migrant crisis?

The EU has promised immediate support to Italy as the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa struggles with a surge in migrant arrivals, but has failed to clarify what new measures its so-called '10-point plan for Lampedusa' includes.

18 September 2023

Culture news

The must-see European representations of the migration crisis on film

Exploring how films can encourage understanding and empathy, to avoid human experiences admist an ongoing crisis being just another news story.

18 September 2023

Culture news

Venice 2023 review: Agnieszka Holland's 'Green Border'

An emotionally devastating indictment of a continuing EU crisis - and one of Agnieszka Holland's best films.

6 September 2023

Scenes

Meet the refugees improving the lives of fellow refugees in Kenya

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In partnership with Media City, Qatar

19 June 2023

Greece

'Extreme violence' triggers hunger strike at Greek detention centre

Strikers accuse authorities of denying inmates adequate food, hot water and medicine, while housing them in filthy cells infested with cockroaches.

23 March 2023

Work

Businesses urged to do more to recruit and train Ukraine refugees

Hiring and training refugees is key to their integration - and a new survey shows it’s good for business, too.

24 February 2023

Lithuania

Lost legs and dashed dreams: Europe's forgotten migrant crisis worsens

At least three migrants have had their legs amputated in recent months after trying to cross the Lithuanian-Belarus border.

22 December 2022

Europe

The Afro-Italians shaking up Italy's rigid national identity

African Italians are frequently cast as outsiders in Italian society even though their history goes back decades.

22 August 2022