Today we have special Infomigrants feature on refugees who have built a good life for themselves in Romania and a look at Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei’s documentary on refugees. And you can read about a theater company in Lebanon that is using clown performances to cheer up people living in refugee camps.
Tailoring a future in Romania: While most asylum seekers in Europe are hoping to get to Germany or Scandinavian countries, some refugees see a future in Romania.
Ai Weiwei's 'Human Flow' and 11 other memorable films on refugees: The Chinese artist's documentary on the world's flow of refugees has provoked mixed reactions, with some criticizing its visual aesthetic. As the film debuts in Germany, DW looks at other movies that deal with refugees.
At Brenner Pass, anti-migrant patrols are checking cargo trains: New patrols on cargo trains travelling the Brenner Pass, where Italy meets the Austrian border, will check for undocumented migrants. Migrants often use trains to attempt to cross from Italy to Austria.
Chadrac Akolo: ‘Hunger was a part of my life’: Stuttgart's Chadrac Akolo is off to a flying start in the Bundesliga. The Democratic Republic of Congo international has come a long way since arriving in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of 14.
‘Clown Me In’ brings a smile to refugees in Lebanon and beyond: "Clown Me In" is a theatre company that works to inform and cheer up refugees in Lebanon and disadvantaged people around the world. The project involves a group of artists who use a travelling caravan project to bring joy to the refugee camps in Lebanon.
The pianist from the ruins in Syria: Aeham Ahmad’s autobiography published: He is known from the famous photo where he is playing piano against the backdrop of the bombed-out Yarmouk camp outside Damascus. His recently published biography tells the moving story of the destruction of his world and the journey that led him to Germany.
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