Yesterday

Bonus. World of Secrets: The Killing Call

Sidhu Moose Wala explodes onto the Canadian music scene. His sound is a fusion of two worlds - hip-hop with the poetic language of rural Punjab, where he is from. After years of struggle he is making it. But with the spotlight comes a dark side. As his fame grows, so do the threa ... Show More

35m 54s

Jul 8

Re-homing France’s immigrant workers

France’s last foyers – housing for immigrant workers – are set for demolition. But some current residents are worried about what they’ll lose. Hundreds of “foyers” - housing units especially for immigrant workers – were built after World War II. The economy was booming and France ... Show More

27m 11s

Jul 7

Max Kidruk: Imagining the future in a science fiction trilogy

How do you imagine the future if you are a science fiction writer living in the present with your country at war? That is the challenge and dilemma for best selling author Max Kidruk. As he nears completion of Collapse, the second volume of a science fiction trilogy The New Dark ... Show More

26m 20s

Apr 2022

Is Rwanda really the solution to Britain’s migrant issue?

Rescued from the choppy seas of the English Channel or landing on the windswept beaches of the east of England, over the last three years thousands of people in small inflatable dinghies have made the perilous crossing from France. As dozens died making the journey, the UK deploy ... Show More

28 m

Nov 2021

How can we prevent more migrant deaths in the Channel?

Britain and France are blaming each other for the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned in the English Channel. It's the worst disaster in the waters since the UN began collecting data in 2014. So, what will it take to stop such a tragedy happening again? Joint host Hashem Ahe ... Show More

19m 49s

Dec 2014

Surviving the Most Lethal Route in the World

One boat, two families; trying to escape war in Syria, desperate to start a new life in Europe. In October 2013, dozens of migrants aboard that boat died, as it travelled across the Mediterranean Sea. But some eventually made it to Malta. What happened next?

50m 3s

Nov 2021

The English Channel boat tragedy reveals a bigger story

31 people drowned when a boatload of asylum seekers capsized in the English Channel this week. The international community all of a sudden became aware of a crisis on the beaches near Calais in France. People smugglers are loading migrants, looking for a better life, onto infla ... Show More

18m 25s

Sep 2020

7. Xenophobia

How can America welcome refugees, embrace a humane approach to migration, and reclaim our identity as a nation of immigrants? With 80 million people displaced worldwide, this is a crisis even if it’s not always in the headlines.Host Ben Rhodes talks to Zarlasht Halaimzai - a refu ... Show More

45m 37s

Mar 2024

How Europe Paid to Lock Up Migrants… and Threw Away The Key

Mass death and disappearances have become normalized on Europe’s borders. Back in 2015, when more than a million refugees turned up on Europe’s doorstep to request asylum, the European Union cut deals with North African and Middle Eastern nations to hold back the flow of asylum-s ... Show More

22m 10s

Jan 2023

The Boat Smugglers

The recent rise in migrant boat crossings between France the UK is being fuelled in part by the more sophisticated methods gangs are using to source the boats.Last year when they investigated the smuggling gangs for BBC Radio 4, reporter Sue Mitchell and former British soldier an ... Show More

29m 14s

Oct 2022

Migrant shipwreck tragedy highlights dangers of Mediterranean crossing

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead in a week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe.

5m 35s

Migrant crossings to the UK