Citizen or stranger? (teaser)

In the world today there are at least 10 million people on the move; looking for safety, for comfort ... for a better life.
But they're not always welcomed when they arrive. And the arguments over how to integrate these newcomers are emotional and sometimes explosive. But what about the people who are at the centre of this debate? What do they think of their new countries and how they've been received? In this film we will meet an extended family of immigrants who now live in six different countries. They all come from the same part of the world: the Horn of Africa - Somaliland, torn apart by civil war for the last thirty years.
Immigration has become one of the biggest challenges facing our developed nations. The place we make for them and their culture and religion has become one of the most explosive issues of our times.
Countries with a multi-cultural approach, like Canada, the USA and Great Britain, encourage immigrants to keep their customs and culture. Others, like France and Denmark, urge immigrants to integrate and adopt Western values. In each county, the family members tell of their lives in their adopted country and their hopes for the future.
This is their story, in their words.

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News & Politics

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