Reporting the Channel migrant tragedy
Stories of hope, resilience and tragedy from other migrants facing the same journey.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Persian’s Soran Qurbani was recently in Calais to report on the tragic deaths of 27 people, who were attempting to cross the Channel to England when their small boat sank. He explains why their stories brought back memories of his own difficult journey to the UK 10 years ago.
Story Story
An imaginary market place in West Africa is the setting for the long-running radio drama Story Story, made by the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s international charity ´óÏó´«Ã½ Media Action. As buyers and sellers go about their business, the latest series explores attitudes towards disability and neurodiversity. Scriptwriter Bode Asiyanbi and actor E. Daniels take us behind the scenes.
Vietnamese spy
´óÏó´«Ã½ Vietnamese has been revisiting the fall of Saigon in 1975, and telling the story of a long overlooked spy whose warnings to the CIA about its imminent capture were ignored. Editor Giang Nguyen is passionate about history and tells us more about the spy who could have changed history.
Encanto through Colombian eyes
The new Disney film Encanto tells the story of a Colombian family living in a magic house. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Mundo’s Carlos Serrano is Colombian himself and, watching the film, discovered five details that maybe only Colombians will 'get', including music, food and yellow butterflies.
(Photo: A refugee at a migrant camp on the outskirts of Calais. Credit: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
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- Fri 10 Dec 2021 12:06GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Fri 10 Dec 2021 18:06GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Fri 10 Dec 2021 23:06GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 11 Dec 2021 03:06GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except Australasia