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A mother’s greatest fear - passing statelessness on to her children, 2020
Time 3:52
This short and poignant video produced by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees explains the basic issues surrounding refugees today—in this case statelessness.
Great Decisions Refugees & Global Migration, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJoeC0TDBE
Time 1:15:56
The Great Decisions Series is a part of the Great Decisions World Education Program. Experts offer presentations on global issues and U.S. foreign policy. Today, no countries have open borders. Who determines whether someone is a refugee or a migrant? How have different countries reacted to migration? How effective are the international laws, policies, and organizations that have evolved to assist and protect refugees and migrants? Alise Coen, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Political Science at UW-Green Bay, received her Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware. She received her B.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
International Politics of Refugee Protection, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=151j-jDoMzk
Time 24:49
This video is part the Online Introduction to Refugee Studies, hosted at York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies. Featuring CRS Director and Osgoode Hall Law School Associate Professor, Sean Rehaag, this video addresses the international politics of refugee protection, including global refugee policy and border control.
JustNow - The UN Refugee Convention of 1951, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5fnRd2_gB4
Time 3:38
This EU-sponsored animation provides background on the history of refugees and the international conventions and protocols developed to try to help resolve the challenges refugees and nations face.
Lebanon: Refugees facing tough winter ahead in light of worsening economic conditions, 2020
Time 1:39
From the UNHCR - Many refugees in Lebanon dread the arrival of winter, and this year the ongoing economic crisis in the country and high inflation - 174% increase since October 2019 - mean their money and the aid they get from UNHCR will not go as far.
Nosizi, a stateless Shona girl starts university in Kenya, 2020
Time 4:13
This UNHCR video shows the complexity of being a refugee as well as how people come to find themselves as refugees.
Refugee Integration in Zambia, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2cNe-QQHY
Time 26:51
This news video from News in Depth explores the challenges and successes of refugees in Zambia. Refugees are people who have fled their home-country for various reasons. Although some countries easily welcome "foreigners," others struggle to accept them. The process of accepting refugees is called Refugee Integration. The need to accept refugees was a highlight of the African Union 2019 World Refugee Day theme dubbed “Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.” In this documentary, Pennipher Sikainda-Nyirenda looks at Zambia's approach towards refugee integration and work being done by government as well as civil society organizations like World Vision and AAH to make integrated refugees feel welcome.
Refugee Rights, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOEaBwFuj0
Time 2:40
This short video gives an overview of what is a refugee and what are their rights according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Refugees and Migrants, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzstzyPps-c
Time 8:36
This video is part of an instructional series from the University of British Columbia and explores the differences and commonalities between refugees and migrants.
The Global Refugee and Humanitarian Crisis: Implications for International Development, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_rEoBi9kNY
Time 1:49:46
This conference, hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, includes keynote remarks by Andrew Natsios, Director, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and Executive Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University and is moderated by Daniel F. Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development.