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Is virtual reality the new frontier for human rights filmmakers?

Empathy through technology — Human rights and activist filmmakers talk about how VR can be a powerful tool to force underreported conflicts or forgotten issues into the public consciousness.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Inside Khora, Greece’s grassroots refugee community

A place to call our own — Skateboarding lessons and circus shows take centre stage at Khora, a horizontally-organised refugee community centre in Athens, which is celebrating its first birthday.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Young, gay and vulnerable: The African outcasts living in constant danger

Waiting to walk out — Kenya has become a safe haven for those fleeing war and famine in neighbouring states. But in secret hideaways and temporary homes, LGBT refugees are being forced – once again – to hide their true selves instead of walking out into the world with pride.

  • Reportage
  • Jacob Kushner

The opera shining a spotlight on Trump’s travel ban

Centre stage politics — After being banned from entering the US, British-Iranian composer Soosan Lolavar is taking on immigration, borders and racism with her new show ID, Please.

  • Culture
  • Briony Cartmell

The British sisters documenting the lives of Syrian refugees

Lost in Lebanon — Sisters Georgia and Sophia Scott discuss their documentary 'Lost in Lebanon', which follows four Syrian refugees living in the neighbouring country, giving a human face to a dehumanised conflict.

  • Film
  • Marta Bausells

Abandoned in the Jungle: What refugees in Calais left behind

Humanity in focus — Photographer Gideon Mendel has been documenting scenes of struggle around the world since the 1980s. His latest project looks to the Calais migrant camp, where he collected possessions left behind.

  • Photography
  • Sophie Church

The stateless athlete running for her life

Freedom... one step at a time — Sixteen-year-old Rahel Gebretsadik had to flee Eritrea to find her feet. Now she's gunning for the finishing line in Israel, running stateless and free as a refugee.

  • Magazine
  • Gabrielle Weiniger

Photographers capture the human stories behind 70 years of refugee crises

Empathy and understanding — A new exhibition with Amnesty celebrates how Magnum photographers have borne witness and tried to explain the driving forces behind migration crises since the agency’s founding in 1947.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Magnum photographers past and present collaborate on a guide to Europe for refugees

Welcome to Europa — Photographer Thomas Dworzak originated the ultimate survival guide to help newly arrived refugees makes sense of continent they now call home.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Evicting the Jungle: Finding facts amid the endless speculation

Never ending waiting — For the thousands of refugees still stuck in a state of flux in the Calais Jungle, stability and security were already hard to come by. Now the camp is facing impending eviction, but with little information coming from the authorities life feels even more delicate.

  • Reportage
  • Nancy Dent

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