The Year of Migration

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This year, the number of migrants reaching Europe has reached unprecedented levels. It is a crisis with roots in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with many people heading from sub-Saharan Africa, Eritrea, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to European shores. Paul Adams takes a look back at some of the key moments of 2015 that have shaped the situation facing Europe today. Produced by Nina Robinson

Transcript

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
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0:08.0	go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:17.0	You're listening to a year of migration on the BBC World Service.
0:21.0	Over the next hour we're going to examine the biggest mass movement of people in Europe
0:25.0	since the aftermath of World War II.
0:28.0	We'll hear how the BBC reported it and ask why so many people
0:32.0	chose 2015 to risk their lives in perilous journeys from Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
0:39.0	Those journeys took many forms but almost all of them at some point involved the sea.
0:45.0	After four or five minutes the waves were very high.
0:55.0	All the people were afraid they were screaming and crying
1:00.0	before they felt they were about to die.
1:04.0	Another high wave pushed the boat over.
1:08.0	I tried to catch my children and wife but there was no hope.
1:12.0	She has a very strong voice.
1:16.0	She has a strong voice.
1:20.0	She has a strong voice.
1:24.0	She has a strong voice.
1:29.0	She has one daughter, nine years old and they were scared and crying and screaming.
1:35.0	One by one they died.
1:51.0	At the beginning of January, an Icelandic patrol ship,
1:54.0	the Tier is on the lookout for migrants in the Mediterranean.
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