20 Jun 2011

ITALY / GUTERRES JOLIE

High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie were in Lampedusa yesterday where so far this year, over forty thousand refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from North Africa have risked their lives to come here – fleeing upheaval in the region. UNHCR

Posted at: June 20, 2011 12:24 pm

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STORY: LAMPEDUSA / GUTERRES - JOLIE
TRT: 2.07
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 JUNE 2011, LAMPEDUSA, ITALY

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shots, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Goodwill and the High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres walking in detention camp on Lampedusa
2. Med shot, young boys behind bars 
3. Med shot, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres walking in detention centre
4. Med shot, Antonio Guterres
5. Wide shot, migrants 
6. Med shot, Angelina Jolie talks to younboy as she walks
7. Med shot, migrants welcoming Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres
8. Close up, young migrant 
9. Med shot, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres,
10. Wide shot, migrants talking with Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres
11. Close up, Antonio Guterres 
12. Close up, migrants 
13. Med shot, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres listening to migrants 
14. Wide shot, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Guterres walking in center
15. Various shots, Angelina Jolie having her finger prints taken 
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"To be celebrating world refugee day in Lampedusa is to recognize the importance of borders being kept open for those that flee conflict. Unfortunately today we have problems in Libya, but Tunisia and Egypt kept the borders open. Problems in Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana and Liberia kept borders open. Problems in Syria-Turkey and Lebanon kept their borders open. My appeal to all countries and specially here in Europe is for borders to be kept open and for people in need of protection making sure that they have access to the territory and that their asylum claims are treated in a fair way."
17. Pan left, from Mediterranean Sea to the memorial "Porta d' Europa" where Antonio Guterres and Angelina Jolie attend a cermony

STORYLINE:

The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres and Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Lampedusa on Sunday (19 June), a small Italian island on Sunday, the eve of World Refugee Day.

So far this year, over forty thousand refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from North Africa have travelled here coming across in overcrowded and often unsafe boats, risking their lives to flee the upheaval in the region.

These recent arrivals included a number of children, without adults accompanying them.

Jolie and Guterres visited the island's detention facilities, and spoke to some of the asylum seekers and migrants about their ordeals, where they were from, what they had escaped, and their journey.

At this centre, all the arrivals are processed, their identities recorded and fingerprints taken, as Jolie was shown. Then they are moved to the mainland by Italian authorities.

Guterres appealed to European countries to accept the people coming from Africa, especially those fleeing violence in Libya.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"To be celebrating world refugee day in Lampedusa is to recognize the importance of borders being kept open for those that flee conflict. Unfortunately today we have problems in Libya, but Tunisia and Egypt kept the borders open. Problems in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Liberia kept borders open. Problems in Syria-

Turkey and Lebanon kept their borders open. My appeal to all countries and specially here in Europe is for borders to be kept open and for people in need of protection making sure that they have access to the territory and that their asylum claims are treated in a fair way."

Jolie and Guterres ended their trip with a visit to the Porta d'Europa, a stone gateway where hundreds of refugee boats have arrived. It is also now a place dedicated to remembering the 1,500 people buried here, people who died trying to get here.

Filed under 13.01.00 - PROTECTION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS ITALY UNHCR - Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.