No Place to Hide
Realizador Marcel Kolvenbach
Países Germany
Duração 52 min
Sinopse
Back in 2001, the UN and the world's largest independent child protection agency Save The Children conducted interviews with 1,500 children from refugee camps in West Africa. They discovered "a widespread culture" and a "disturbing number of cases” of sexual exploitation. The report contained victims’ accusations against 67 aid workers from more than 40 aid agencies, including UN peacekeepers and high-ranking international aid agency officials. The children said they had to trade sexual favours for food, shelter, clothing, education and medicine. We investigate the legal, psychological, cultural and political background for the alarming number of abuse cases. We will find that the lawless, defenceless and speechless situation of refugees who are exposed to the goodwill of their “helpers” paves the ground for the atrocities. We will show how the UN and international aid agencies try to suppress press reports and independent investigations concerning refugee abuse.
Back in 2001, the UN and the world's largest independent child protection agency Save The Children conducted interviews with 1,500 children from refugee camps in West Africa. They discovered "a widespread culture" and a "disturbing number of cases” of sexual exploitation. The report contained victims’ accusations against 67 aid workers from more than 40 aid agencies, including UN peacekeepers and high-ranking international aid agency officials. The children said they had to trade sexual favours for food, shelter, clothing, education and medicine. We investigate the legal, psychological, cultural and political background for the alarming number of abuse cases. We will find that the lawless, defenceless and speechless situation of refugees who are exposed to the goodwill of their “helpers” paves the ground for the atrocities. We will show how the UN and international aid agencies try to suppress press reports and independent investigations concerning refugee abuse.