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hr-iNFO Frühprogramm: Pfungstadt, for example: New refugee accommodation, old fears – Folge 4

Prize-winner 2018
European CIVIS Radio Prize – short programmes

Prize winner:Riccardo Mastrocola
Editorial:Juliane Orth
Series, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)

Content
Overcrowded asylum accommodations, traumatised people, overburdened authorities. How do Hessian cities and communities deal with refugees: Pfungstadt, for example. Two years ago, there were almost 100 refugees in the town of 25,000 inhabitants. In the meanwhile, there are four times as many. It was impossible to accommodate the people in a decentralised location, so that no ghettos would form. Pfungstadt now has three large residential homes, each with over one hundred beds. For some residents, this causes fears and concerns. How can the town and the refugees encounter?

Excerpt from the jury’s statement
Concrete, impressive sound image of change – atmospherically intense.


asylum    racism    civil courage   


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