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CPOY 70 Interpretive Project Bronze: Return to Sender

In december 2014 the Danish Government presented a new report concluding that it would be safe for Eritrean refugees in Denmark to return home to the country they just fled. A conclusion far different from Amnesty Internationals statement, and the many experts who criticized the report. At a closed down hospital outside Copenhagen, Denmark, a group of Eritreans makes a decision. They want to tell about the conditions they fled from. But they need to tell the story as a group, and anonymous. Because they are all concerned about the consequences for their families back home. These are their stories, as they tell them:

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Slide 3 of 9
December 2, 2014
He serves two years in jail accused for helping others to flee the country. Eventually he manages to flee himself, but thats a long time ago now. He´s been without a home for years before he came here. To Denmark. Safe and quiet. But when he hears the conclusion for returns he looses his sleep again.
Line Ørnes Søndergaard / Høgskolgen i Oslo og Akershus
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