asylum seekers on Vice

  • Looking at Modern-Day Iran Through the Eyes of an Exile

    At 21 years old, instead of shotgunning beers and flirting with the idea of a career in bedroom production, Hesam Misaghi was riding a horse through a mountain pass with a bunch of smugglers who were trying to help him escape Iran. Full story

    2013 Mar 7 Franziska Scheven News
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  • VICE News

    Last Stop, Tel Aviv

    This is the story of the 60,000 asylum seekers living in Israel who are are criminalized, vilified, and unrecognized by the Israeli state. We got to know this marginalized population, who have no place in society and no option to return home. Full story

    2012 Nov 26 VICE Staff News
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  • Life In The Jungle

    Calais is the closest point in France to the United Kingdom. Besides that distinction, it’s basically sort of a shithole. Full story

    2009 Jan 2 Mathieu Berenholc News
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  • War Resistant

    The Stories of Five Members of the American Military Who Have Chosen to Seek Asylum in Canada Rather Than Continuing to Fight the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    The stories of five members of the American military who have chosen to seek asylum in Canada rather than continuing to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full story

    2007 Oct 1 Rocco Castoro Stuff
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