A Night Out in Greenland
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Correspondents' stories: once the cradle of the Arab Spring, Tunisia's now battling an Islamist insurgency and an huge influx of refugees from neighbouring Libya - Andrew Hosken has been investigating; Andreas Gebauer finds parallels between Israel's security barrier and the Berlin wall which he first saw as a young boy; Emilie Filou is in the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean meeting people desperate to start a new life in nearby French territory; Vincent Dowd's visiting a corner of south west Ireland he describes as paradise and Rob Crossan creates a stir among drinkers at the only pub in a remote town in Greenland. The programme's producer is Tony Grant
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, by Kate Adi. Hello. Today, trouble in Tunisia as the authorities struggle to control Islamist rebels and a million |
| 0:18.2 | plus refugees from Libya. |
| 0:21.2 | Another story of desperate migrants under perilous sea crossing how thousands have died trying to reach French territory in the Indian Ocean. |
| 0:29.0 | We're off to the far southwest of Ireland to visit a town once considered vital to the defense of Britain. |
| 0:36.6 | And its payday, they've had a tax rebate too, we're off to join the celebrations |
| 0:40.9 | at the only pub in a small town in Greenland. the the Arab Spring began. But instead of celebrations, thousands have been taking to the streets |
| 0:55.3 | calling on the coalition government to resign. It's accused of failing to tackle an insurgency |
| 1:00.9 | by Islamist militants, which has led to attacks on security forces, |
| 1:04.9 | bombings and assassinations. Andrew Hoskin has been finding out how an influx of |
| 1:10.0 | more than a million refugees from neighbouring Libya has further destabilised this |
| 1:15.1 | traditionally moderate Muslim country. There are three types of men who in |
| 1:19.9 | my experience like to sport sunglasses indoors. |
| 1:23.0 | There's the nightclub bouncer, the pop star, normally of the aging variety, |
| 1:28.0 | and last but not least, the official from state security. |
| 1:31.0 | The sort of chap who might have you bundled into the back of a screeching |
| 1:34.8 | car, only to re-emerge a little later as a silhouette behind a dazzling angled poised light. |
| 1:41.9 | As his burly assistance slip on the knuckle dusters, the man in the sunglasses |
| 1:46.1 | apologises for any inconvenience caused before murmuring menacingly. We need to talk. I met Mr. Mahmoud twice indoors and on each occasion |
| 1:57.8 | he wore his sunglasses. Unhealthy looking, small and slight, with hunt shoulders and slick back dark hair, Mr. |
| 2:05.8 | Mahmoud could perhaps have been a bouncer for an underage disco, but I don't think he would |
| 2:10.4 | have been taken too seriously by drunks in a nightclub. |
| 2:14.3 | He didn't seem to be the musical type either, but he did have the right sort of sinister |
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