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Update with Ragip
In this excerpt from the web documentary The World Is Like That, Special Flight filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Ragip in his home country, Kosovo, after his deportation from Frambois detention center in Switzerland by special flight.
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Director Fernand Melgar discusses the immigration system in Switzerland in regards to people seeking political asylum and refugee status.
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Filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Wandifa in his home country, Gambia, after his deportation from Frambois detention center by special flight.
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Filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Geordry in his home country, Cameroon, after his deportation from Frambois detention center by special flight.
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Filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Dia in his home country, Senegal, after his deportation from Frambois detention center by special flight.
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In this clip from Special Flight, a man seeking asylum in Switzerland pleads his case to an official.
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In this clip from Special Flight, Mr. Pitchou gets some good news while at the Frambois detention center in Geneva.
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