Friday, November 10, 2006

Refugee Stories Project / European Council on Refugees and Exiles, 2006

http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/
"The refugee stories presented here relate the experience of men and women who have sought sanctuary in one of 12 EU countries over the past ten years. They tell of the expectations of people forced to flee their homes for an unknown future, hazardous journeys to reach Europe’s shores, the hospitality or hostility they encounter on arrival and the lives they rebuild in Europe. Each story is unique but is told against the background of the EU's efforts to develop a Common European Asylum System (CEAS). As this process enters its next phase, ECRE urges better understanding and fairer treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in the public debate in order to inform the development of a fair and humane asylum policy in Europe."