Myanmar's democratically elected government was ousted in a military coup in 2021. Since then, ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy fighters have been battling against the junta's forces. Millions of people are displaced.
Human trafficking: People from the Philippines and Kenya tried to carve out better lives for themselves and their families but ended up in Syria against their will.

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Folge vom 13.12.2023Broken dreams in Myanmar, the Philippines, Kenya
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Folge vom 06.12.2023Kindertransport rescue missions saved Jewish children from Nazi Germany85 years ago, 200 Jewish children arrived in Great Britain from Germany. It was the first of many so-called Kindertransport rescue missions. The children were brought out of Nazi Germany to safety. Until September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany attacked Poland and World War II started, around 10,000 minors were saved that way. But for other children, it was too late.
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Folge vom 29.11.2023A humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in SudanFighting has driven 6 million people from their homes in Sudan in recent months. In the Darfur region, the violence is reportedly escalating with some warning of ethnic cleansing.
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Folge vom 22.11.2023How authoritarian regimes try to silence dissidents in exileIn July 2020, German-Iranian businessman and US resident Jamshid Sharmahd boarded an Emirates flight bound for India. Sharmahd had a layover in Dubai, where he checked into a hotel for the night. He then disappeared for a few days – and resurfaced in a video where he was held captive by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.