by ReFOCUS Media Labs
A project of ReFOCUS Media Labs citizen journalists, FRACTURED is an informative podcast about the most important events as well as political and social challenges related to the refugee crisis and migration flows in the world with a special focus on Europe. ReFOCUS Media Labs foundation is dedicated to building a global network of media labs to equip asylum seekers and recognized refugees with modern media creation skills. For more go to: https://refocusmedialabs.org/
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July 16, 2026
<p>The latest UNHCR Global Trends report may suggest a slight decline in the number of refugees worldwide, but does that really mean the crisis is easing?</p><p>In this episode of Fractured, we unpack the numbers behind the headlines and explain why there is little reason for optimism. We discuss how many of those counted as "returns" were anything but voluntary, with people forced to leave host countries or returning to places that remain unsafe. We also look at the growing reality of repeated displacement, where refugees are uprooted multiple times before finding any semblance of stability.</p><p>Beyond the statistics, we examine the barriers that continue to prevent refugees from rebuilding their lives: limited access to bank accounts and financial services, obstacles to fair employment, and the legal and administrative hurdles that keep millions from achieving genuine self-reliance.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>LEARN MORE: </strong></p><p><strong>https://www.unhcr.org/media/global-trends-2025-report</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT FRACTURED:</strong></p><p>"Fractured", "Humanitarian Watch” and "DisInfo Watch” are original podcast productions of ReFOCUS Media Labs citizen journalists. </p><p>To support this program donate on https://refocusmedialabs.org/donate</p><p>or join us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/refocusmedialabs</p><p><strong>HELP US SUPPORT EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN:</strong></p><p>Give them their voice back through support for our online media skills training courses. </p><p><strong>LEARN MORE- </strong><a href="http://www.refocusmedialabs.org/voices-afghan-women"><u>www.refocusmedialabs.org/voices-afghan-women</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>PRODUCTION FAMILY:</strong></p><p><u>Hosts: </u></p><p>Sonia Nandzik-Herman</p><p>Douglas Herman</p><p><u>Production Family: </u></p><p>Dawoud Nouri, Yaser Akbari,</p><p>Ziad Ibrahim, Sonia Nandzik-Herman</p><p>Wassim Ahmed, Melek Moussa, Angel Sifontes</p><p><u>Citizen Journalists: </u></p><p>Yaser Taheri, Milad Ebrahimi, Yaser Akbari, Naqib Rasuli, Mohammad Ali Alami</p><p><u>Mentorship: </u></p><p>Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Producers: </u></p><p>Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Graphic Design:</u> </p><p>Eli Fazlollah </p><p>for designs by Eli go to: https://refocusmedialabs.org/shop </p><p><u>Music: </u></p><p>Theme: "Intro for Legends" by Bonkers Beat Club (Epidemic Sound) </p><p>Additional: "Mogul" by Blue Steel (Epidemic Sound)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL THANKS:</strong></p><p>To the extended ReFOCUS Family for their dedication, passion and creativity all year long. We’re not where we are today without all the effort from Dominika Pawlik, Weronika Pawlik, Liz Nasyrova, Evi Amersfoort, Alina Mieniailova, Florian Krauer, Louise Holm, Chryssa Kouroukli, Natalia Tsarenko, Fine Bieler, Tommaso Stingo, Nazanin Foroghi, Dariia Stepanova, Rada Valchanova, Walker Watson, Eleonora Giacomelli, Joseph Murray, Omer Butt, Wojtek Paluch, Matthew Goncalves O’Kelly, Jennifer Perez, Jule Pehnt, Majid Bakhshi, Paul “Al” Simon, Jaime Moro Saavedra, Joëlle Hübscher, Beni Rietmann, Jakob Mayr, Jurek Edel, Francisco Ibanez, Bart Van Son, Federico Bustamente, Myriam Rey, Lotta Luley, Federico Rinaldi, Fatima Al Ali, Karina Kozłowska, Grace Neely, Marion Olang, Beryl Waindi, Dominika Pawlik, Evi Amersfoort, Tess Scott Bell, Weronika Pavlik, Liz Nasyrova, Alina Mieniailova</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONTACT: </strong></p><p>Thoughts or questions about this episode? Suggestions for topics we can cover later in the season? </p><p>Contact: sonia@refocusmedialabs.org</p><p><br></p>
July 2, 2026
<p>Since the Summer of 2021 thousands of people from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia were brutally drawn to the Polish-Belarusian border by the Belarusian regime, only to find themselves trapped between two states unwilling to let them pass. As an outcome of that, the Polish government suspended the right to asylum at the border. In this episode we discussed what has changed at the border over the years and what humanitarian aid looks like there. We focus on the procedures of age determination of asylum seekers. Judyta Kuc leads us through the process introduced by Polish border guards and explains the impact of false age assessment for a minor.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL GUEST: </strong></p><p>Judyta Kuc</p><p>Humanitarian, Activist, Researcher working with Doctors Without Borders</p><p><br></p><p><strong>LEARN MORE: </strong></p><p>MSF: Trapped between border: <a href="https://www.msf.org/trapped-between-borders-life-threatening-consequences-increased-militarisation-poland-belarus"><u>https://www.msf.org/trapped-between-borders-life-threatening-consequences-increased-militarisation-poland-belarus</u></a></p><p>MSF/We Are Monitoring/Save The Children: Age as a Verdict: <a href="https://www.msf.org/polish-legislators-must-drop-harmful-age-assessment-children"><u>https://www.msf.org/polish-legislators-must-drop-harmful-age-assessment-children</u></a></p><p>We Are Monitoring: They did not let us speak. The “temporary” suspension of human rights at the Poland–Belarus border: <a href="https://wearemonitoring.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/They-did-not-let-us-speak-WAM.pdf"><u>https://wearemonitoring.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/They-did-not-let-us-speak-WAM.pdf</u></a> </p><p>Human Constanta: <a href="https://humanconstanta.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/humanitarian-crisis-in-belarus-.pdf"><u>https://humanconstanta.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/humanitarian-crisis-in-belarus-.pdf</u></a> </p><p>We Are Monitoring: <a href="https://wearemonitoring.org.pl/en/report/"><u>https://wearemonitoring.org.pl/en/report/</u></a></p><p>Save the Children: <a href="https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children-at-the-border-I_IX_21112025.pdf"><u>https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Children-at-the-border-I_IX_21112025.pdf</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT FRACTURED:</strong></p><p>"Fractured", "Humanitarian Watch” and "DisInfo Watch” are original podcast productions of ReFOCUS Media Labs citizen journalists. To support this program donate on <a href="https://refocusmedialabs.org/donate"><u>https://refocusmedialabs.org/donate</u></a></p><p>or join us on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/refocusmedialabs"><u>https://www.patreon.com/c/refocusmedialabs</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>PRODUCTION FAMILY:</strong></p><p><u>Host: </u>Sonia Nandzik-Herman</p><p><u>Production Family: </u></p><p>Dawoud Nouri, Yaser Akbari,Ziad Ibrahim, Sonia Nandzik-HermanWassim Ahmed, Melek Moussa, ANgel Sifontes</p><p><u>Citizen Journalists: </u></p><p>Yaser Taheri, Milad Ebrahimi, Yaser Akbari, Naqib Rasuli, Mohammad Ali Alami</p><p><u>Mentorship: </u>Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Producers: </u>Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Graphic Design: </u>Eli Fazlollah </p><p><strong>MUSIC: </strong></p><p>Theme- "Intro for Legends" by Bonkers Beat Club (Epidemic Sound) </p><p>Additional- "Mogul" by Blue Steel (Epidemic Sound)<br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL THANKS:</strong></p><p>To the extended ReFOCUS Family for their dedication, passion and creativity all year long. We’re not where we are today without all the effort from Dominika Pawlik, Weronika Pawlik, Liz Nasyrova, Evi Amersfoort, Alina Mieniailova, Florian Krauer, Louise Holm, Chryssa Kouroukli, Natalia Tsarenko, Fine Bieler, Tommaso Stingo, Nazanin Foroghi, Dariia Stepanova, Rada Valchanova, Walker Watson, Eleonora Giacomelli, Joseph Murray, Omer Butt, Wojtek Paluch, Matthew Goncalves O’Kelly, Jennifer Perez, Jule Pehnt, Majid Bakhshi, Paul “Al” Simon, Jaime Moro Saavedra, Joëlle Hübscher, Beni Rietmann, Jakob Mayr, Jurek Edel, Francisco Ibanez, Bart Van Son, Federico Bustamente, Myriam Rey, Lotta Luley, Federico Rinaldi, Fatima Al Ali, Karina Kozłowska, Grace Neely, Marion Olang, Beryl Waindi. <br></p><p><strong>CONTACT: </strong></p><p>Thoughts or questions about this episode? Suggestions for topics we can cover later in the season? </p><p>Contact: sonia@refocusmedialabs.org</p><p><br></p>
June 18, 2026
<p>Barham Salih,<strong> </strong>UNHCR High Commissioner, stated in the foreword for the UNHCR Global Report 2025, that “the number of people under UNHCR’s mandate has almost doubled over the past decade, from 63.9 million to 129.4 million, yet humanitarian financing moved sharply in the opposite direction.” Perhaps nowhere has this been felt more acutely than in Sudan, where over 14.5 million people are either internally displaced, or have fled seeking asylum in neighbouring countries. Two years ago we had investigative journalist and filmmaker Jordan Siegel on our show (S03E19) to discuss her reporting and film ”Invisible War." At the time, 53 million Sudanese were already trapped for over a year inside a brutal civil war between warring military factions- RSF (Rapid Support Forces) and SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces). Since then the fighting has only escalated, while critical aid reaching the people has precipitously dropped. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and there is currently no crisis greater than Sudan to discuss the necessity of the convention. We're honored to have Jordan back to update us on the past two years of developments, and the critical work she and her colleagues are doing at the <strong>Sudan Human Rights Hub </strong>to document and archive the war crimes being perpetrated on both sides of the war. </p><p><strong>SPECIAL GUEST: JORDAN SIEGEL</strong></p><p>Journalist, FilmmakerSudan Human Rights Hub</p><p><br></p><p><strong>LEARN MORE: </strong></p><p><strong>Sudan Human Rights Hub- </strong><a href="https://sudanhrh.org/en"><strong>https://sudanhrh.org/en</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sudan Investigates- </strong><a href="https://sudanhrh.org/en/investigates"><strong>https://sudanhrh.org/en/investigates</strong><br></a><strong>SHRH Archive (Oral History, Protest Monitor, Sudan Shahid) </strong><a href="https://sudanhrh.org/en/archive"><strong>https://sudanhrh.org/en/archive</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nesrine Malik- </strong>(article for <strong>The Guardian</strong>) <strong>“</strong>The UAE tries hard to keep its reputation spotless. But with the war in Sudan, how can it?”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/uae-sudan-civil-war-gulf-country"><strong>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/uae-sudan-civil-war-gulf-country</strong></a></p><p><strong>UNHCR Global Report 2025- </strong><a href="https://www.unhcr.org/media/global-report-2025"><strong>https://www.unhcr.org/media/global-report-2025</strong></a></p><p>=====================================</p><p><strong>SUPPORT FRACTURED:</strong>"</p><p>Fractured", "Humanitarian Watch” and "DisInfo Watch” are original podcast productions of ReFOCUS Media Labs citizen journalists. To support this program donate on <a href="https://refocusmedialabs.org/donate"><u>https://refocusmedialabs.org/donate</u></a></p><p>or join us on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/refocusmedialabs"><u>https://www.patreon.com/c/refocusmedialabs</u></a><strong></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>PRODUCTION FAMILY:</strong></p><p><u>Host: </u>Douglas Herman</p><p><u>Production Family: </u></p><p>Dawoud Nouri, Yaser Akbari,Ziad Ibrahim, Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Wassim Ahmed, Melek Moussa, Angel Sifontes</p><p><u>Citizen Journalists: </u></p><p>Yaser Taheri, Milad Ebrahimi, Yaser Akbari, Naqib Rasuli, Mohammad Ali Alami</p><p><u>Mentorship: </u>Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Producers: </u>Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman </p><p><u>Graphic Design: </u>Eli Fazlollah </p><p><br></p><p><strong>MUSIC: </strong></p><p>Theme- "Intro for Legends" by Bonkers Beat Club (Epidemic Sound) </p><p>Additional- "Mogul" by Blue Steel (Epidemic Sound)<br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL THANKS:</strong></p><p>To the extended ReFOCUS Family for their dedication, passion and creativity all year long. We’re not where we are today without all the effort from Dominika Pawlik, Weronika Pawlik, Liz Nasyrova, Tessa Scott Bell, Alina Mieniailova, Evi Amersfoort, Florian Krauer, Louise Holm, Chryssa Kouroukli, Natalia Tsarenko, Fine Bieler, Tommaso Stingo, Nazanin Foroghi, Dariia Stepanova, Rada Valchanova, Walker Watson, Eleonora Giacomelli, Joseph Murray, Omer Butt, Wojtek Paluch, Matthew Goncalves O’Kelly, Jennifer Perez, Jule Pehnt, Majid Bakhshi, Paul “Al” Simon, Jaime Moro Saavedra, Joëlle Hübscher, Beni Rietmann, Jakob Mayr, Jurek Edel, Francisco Ibanez, Bart Van Son, Federico Bustamente, Myriam Rey, Lotta Luley, Federico Rinaldi, Fatima Al Ali, Karina Kozłowska, Grace Neely, Marion Olang, Beryl Waindi.<br></p><p><strong>CONTACT: </strong></p><p>Thoughts or questions about this episode? Suggestions for topics we can cover later in the season? </p><p>Contact: sonia@refocusmedialabs.org</p><p><br></p>
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A project of ReFOCUS Media Labs citizen journalists, FRACTURED is an informative podcast about the most important events as well as political and social challenges related to the refugee crisis and migration flows in the world with a special focus on Europe.
ReFOCUS Media Labs foundation is dedicated to building a global network of media labs to equip asylum seekers and recognized refugees with modern media creation skills.
For more go to: https://refocusmedialabs.org/
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