Introduction to the journey 1232 kms is a documentary movie made in the Indian Hindi language which is directed by Vinod Kapri. The documentary was released on the 24th of March 2021 on the digital platform- Disney+ Hotstar. It was produced by Guneet Monga and Smriti Mundhra and edited by Hemanti Sarkar. Rekha Bhardwaj and Sukhwinder Singh […]
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In their book Exploiting People for Profit: Trafficking in Human Beings, Simon Massey and Glynn Rankin provides a contemporary definition of human trafficking. Both authors are quite well-versed in the field of human trafficking. Massey, previously a consultant for the EU and UNDP, and now a senior lecturer at Coventry University, is profusely published in
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Azali is a 2018 Ghanaian drama movie directed by Kwabena Gyansah. The film is based on a true story of the lived experiences of a girl named Amina. The movie narrates the story of Amina, a 14-year-old girl exiled from Tamale, her rural home village in Northern Ghana to avoid an arranged marriage. Amina plunges
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‘Minari’ is a movie directed by Lee Isaac Chung featuring Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica Yi (Yeri Han) as a couple having two children David (Alan S. Kim) and Anne (Noel Cho). The movie unfolds the life of a Korean-American family who moved to rural Arkansans town to fulfill their long-awaited aspired dream. It describes
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There is a growing interconnection between globalization on the one hand and migration (both intra and interstate) on the other[i]. Based on many scholars, the number of undocumented migrants from Africa to Europe has increased. The push factors of this migration include continuous conflicts in some nations resulting in the collapse of economic activities[ii], thereby
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Seventy years after Germany’s infamous Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) and the bilateral deals with various countries to bring in foreign labor for the restructuring of the country, Germany’s ethnic diversity has not been the same since. In the 2011 tragic comedy Almanya: Wilkommen in Deutschland ( Welcome to Germany), director and writer Yasemin Şamdereli presents us
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*Stephanie Haywood The United States is truly a land of opportunity. But coming to the U.S. as an immigrant is not without its challenges. In fact, it can be very difficult to get started and forge a life in which you thrive. Some of these challenges stem from the way certain things are done in
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‘Welcome to Marly-Gomont’ is a comedy movie based on a true story about the difficult process of integration of an African family in a small French community. The story takes place in the 70s. At the Lille Faculty of Medicine, students are celebrating their graduation ready to practice the profession of a doctor. Among these
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Author: Malala Yousafzai, Christina LambPublisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonReviewer: Fabrizio Parrilli Yousafzai, Malala. 2014. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. United Kingdom: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN: 978-0-29787-091-3. PP.288 “I am Malala. My
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The year 2021 marks a ten-year anniversary from the beginning of the Syrian war. Even though a decade has passed, the conflict in Syria is still occurring provoking a massive displacement and killings of millions in the country. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there has been documentation of over 388,652 deaths across
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