For this second part of our final #SlowNews podcast on migration and refugees, we look at the Burundian crisis and the refugee situation in the Great Lakes region due to this crisis.
Through the voice of two Burundian refugees and the expertise of humanitarian workers and researchers, we give an overview of the highly underreported political and humanitarian crisis in this East African country which lead to huge migration movements.
Since 2015, nearly 400,000 people have been fleeing to the neighboring countries, mainly Tanzania and Rwanda, or continued to Uganda.
How is the situation for a Burundian refugee in these countries? How do the receiving countries and humanitarian organizations handle the arrival of hundres of thousands refugees again? Is there any hope for the Burundian refugees to go back to their home country?
Tune in for answers and learn about this "forgotten case", Burundi.
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Our thanks go to our onterview partners (in order of appearance):
- Arsène Arakaza: former chairperson of the Burundian refugee community in Uganda;
- Joe-Philbert Karangwa (Twitter: @joe_karangwa): Burundian journalist in Rwandan exile;
- Eugene Sibomana: humanitarian professional working with Burundian refugees in Rwanda;
- Lucy Hovil (Twitter: @LucyHovil): senior research associate for the International Refugee Rights Initiative (@IntRefRights).
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Media & reading recommendations:
- Radio Peace FM (@RadioPeaceFM): refugee radio for Burundians in Rwanda; founder: Joe-Philbert Karangwa;
- Journal Plume du Réfugié: refugee newspaper for Burundians in Uganda; founder: Arsène Arakaza;
- Iwacu: independent Burundian press agency; reporting in Kirundi, French & English; online: https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/
- Lucy Hovil & Thijs Van Laer (2019). "The trouble with plans to send 116,000 Burundian refugees home," in The New Humanitarian. Online: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/
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Music:
With the kind authorization of the producer, we used original Burundian drummers' music from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQcVmDIrtc&lc=z23uvh2jlpv0updql04t1aokg2ktmwfqd55ht5qkvs2zrk0h00410.1557329112845909. Thank you!
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For this second part of our final #SlowNews podcast on migration and refugees, we look at the Burundian crisis and the refugee situation in the Great Lakes region due to this crisis.
Through the voice of two Burundian refugees and the expertise of humanitarian workers and researchers, we give an overview of the highly underreported political and humanitarian crisis in this East African country which lead to huge migration movements.
Since 2015, nearly 400,000 people have been fleeing to the neighboring countries, mainly Tanzania and Rwanda, or continued to Uganda.
How is the situation for a Burundian refugee in these countries? How do the receiving countries and humanitarian organizations handle the arrival of hundres of thousands refugees again? Is there any hope for the Burundian refugees to go back to their home country?
Tune in for answers and learn about this "forgotten case", Burundi.
***
Our thanks go to our onterview partners (in order of appearance):
- Arsène Arakaza: former chairperson of the Burundian refugee community in Uganda;
- Joe-Philbert Karangwa (Twitter: @joe_karangwa): Burundian journalist in Rwandan exile;
- Eugene Sibomana: humanitarian professional working with Burundian refugees in Rwanda;
- Lucy Hovil (Twitter: @LucyHovil): senior research associate for the International Refugee Rights Initiative (@IntRefRights).
***
Media & reading recommendations:
- Radio Peace FM (@RadioPeaceFM): refugee radio for Burundians in Rwanda; founder: Joe-Philbert Karangwa;
- Journal Plume du Réfugié: refugee newspaper for Burundians in Uganda; founder: Arsène Arakaza;
- Iwacu: independent Burundian press agency; reporting in Kirundi, French & English; online: https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/
- Lucy Hovil & Thijs Van Laer (2019). "The trouble with plans to send 116,000 Burundian refugees home," in The New Humanitarian. Online: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/
***
Music:
With the kind authorization of the producer, we used original Burundian drummers' music from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQcVmDIrtc&lc=z23uvh2jlpv0updql04t1aokg2ktmwfqd55ht5qkvs2zrk0h00410.1557329112845909. Thank you!
How do internationals in Denmark experience crises back in their home countries?
For every person, going abroad to study or to work is a huge discussion. We leave behind family and friends, familiarity, a nice apartment or unfinished projects.
But for some, it is again harder - because they leave their countries while their own people are suffering from a humanitarian and political crisis.
This is the case for quite a few of our fellow students at Mundus Journalism. South America hardly makes it to the news here in Denmark even though huge crises make people suffer outside of our attention. For example, in Brazil with newly elected right-wing president Bolsonaro, people get threatened every day and the future of the country is unclear. Or in Nicaragua hundreds of people got killed by government forces during peaceful manifestations and the president still won’t step down.
We will talk to our Brazilian and Nicaraguan friends from the program to learn more about these situations back in their home countries and also we will have the chance to listen to other Latin American women who have a lot of expat and activism experience here in Denmark while the countries they call home are in bad situations.
We will talk about their personal experiences and difficulties, but also about possibilities to act while being abroad, giving us hope to change something, no matter where you are. Also, you will have the chance to learn more about support possibilities being an international friend here in Aarhus. Tune in!
About the show:
Narrator: Louisa Esther Mugabo
Contributors: Méline Laffabry, Juliette Freysson, Denitsa Demitrova, Louise Rasmussen, Valerie Krall
Interview partners: Isabela Santos Martel, Mariana Sales de Oliveira & Tiago Bianchi from Brazil; Dánae Vilchez from Nicaragua; Selma Vital from Brazil; Claudia Adeath from Mexico
Editors: Louisa Esther Mugabo & Méline Laffabry
Text: Louisa Esther Mugabo
Picture: Louisa Esther Mugabo, edited by Nanna Vedel-Hertz
Music: ‘Fortaleza’ by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena; Mysteries by Dan Lebowitz; Surrender by Dan Lebowitz
More information:
Follow Dánae from Nicaragua on Twitter: @DanaeVilchez
Article by Dánae in the Washington Post (in Spanish)
Café MellemFolk Aarhus
Network for Refugee Voices
Planet Mundus
For this second part of our final #SlowNews podcast on migration and refugees, we look at the Burundian crisis and the refugee situation in the Great Lakes region due to this crisis.
Through the voice of two Burundian refugees and the expertise of humanitarian workers and researchers, we give an overview of the highly underreported political and humanitarian crisis in this East African country which lead to huge migration movements.
Since 2015, nearly 400,000 people have been fleeing to the neighboring countries, mainly Tanzania and Rwanda, or continued to Uganda.
How is the situation for a Burundian refugee in these countries? How do the receiving countries and humanitarian organizations handle the arrival of hundres of thousands refugees again? Is there any hope for the Burundian refugees to go back to their home country?
Tune in for answers and learn about this "forgotten case", Burundi.
***
Our thanks go to our onterview partners (in order of appearance):
- Arsène Arakaza: former chairperson of the Burundian refugee community in Uganda;
- Joe-Philbert Karangwa (Twitter: @joe_karangwa): Burundian journalist in Rwandan exile;
- Eugene Sibomana: humanitarian professional working with Burundian refugees in Rwanda;
- Lucy Hovil (Twitter: @LucyHovil): senior research associate for the International Refugee Rights Initiative (@IntRefRights).
***
Media & reading recommendations:
- Radio Peace FM (@RadioPeaceFM): refugee radio for Burundians in Rwanda; founder: Joe-Philbert Karangwa;
- Journal Plume du Réfugié: refugee newspaper for Burundians in Uganda; founder: Arsène Arakaza;
- Iwacu: independent Burundian press agency; reporting in Kirundi, French & English; online: https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/
- Lucy Hovil & Thijs Van Laer (2019). "The trouble with plans to send 116,000 Burundian refugees home," in The New Humanitarian. Online: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/
***
Music:
With the kind authorization of the producer, we used original Burundian drummers' music from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQcVmDIrtc&lc=z23uvh2jlpv0updql04t1aokg2ktmwfqd55ht5qkvs2zrk0h00410.1557329112845909. Thank you!