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Iraqi-Kurd migrant film wins EU parliament
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November 25, 2009
STRASBOURG, — The European parliament on
Wednesday handed its Lux 2009 film prize to the
story of an Iraqi-Kurd refugee hell-bent on swimming
illegally to Britain from France.
'Welcome,' by French director Philippe Lioret, is
set in the French port of Calais and focuses on a
swimming instructor who helps a teenage migrant,www.ekurd.netdesperate
to join his girlfriend in Britain on the other side
of the channel.
The film explores the risks undertaken by
channel-hoppers and living conditions at the
Sangatte migrant camp near Calais, which became a
symbol for supporters of asylum-seeking rights.
"We wanted through the awarding of this prize to
generate a debate on subjects which weigh down on
public opinion, such as the fate of immigrants in
Europe," said the parliament's president, Jerzy
Buzek.
The 87,000-euro (130,000 dollars) prize is to pay
for subtitling in the European Union's 23 official
languages and its adaptation for people with visual
or hearing difficulties.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, AFP
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