Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The current refugee crisis has caused a reaction across the world. As their home countries have become increasingly unliveable, hundreds of thousands from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Eritrea choose to undergo a difficult journey, leaving their families and old lives behind, in search of basic safety and freedom.
In some cases, the mobile phone fulfilled the role of a constant companion and became a quintessential tool to facilitate one’s escape. This has lead many to document their experiences.
Refugees are no longer mere faceless subjects of news reports - they are sharing their experiences over social media. Thousands of clips, recorded on mobile phones, are uploaded online and depict the happenings much more viscerally than a classic documentary ever could.
‘#MyEscape’ shows the refugee crisis through the refugees’ eyes. The content is made by the people themselves, whilst on the refugee trail or in the camps, and supported by in-depth interviews with the creators of the material.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 02:00 - Mohammad Ghunaim (25) & Abdullah Ghunaim (21), Damascus
▷ 03:30 - Omar Al-Sawadi (21), Deir al-Zor
▷ 06:40 - Hamber Alissa (27), Qamishli
▷ 09:10 - Rahmat Haidari (28) & Mujtaba Haidari (8), Kabul
▷ 15:20 - Wedi Keshi (35) & Khaled Abdelkader (28), Eritrea
▷ 19:00 - Sahara
▷ 23:59 - Toba Shirmohammadi (15), Herat-Afghanistan
▷ 28:53 - Aegean Sea
▷ 35:26 - Balkan Route
▷ 40:26 - Lampedusa
▷ 45:55 - To Germany
▷ 51:10 - Credits
#documentary #fulldocumentary #myescape #refugees #refugeecrisis #humanrights #migration #syria #syriacrisis #afghanistan
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Original title: #MyEscape
A film by Elke Sasse
© 2016, Licensed by Albatross
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Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
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Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
The current refugee crisis has caused a reaction across the world. As their home countries have become increasingly unliveable, hundreds of thousands from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Eritrea choose to undergo a difficult journey, leaving their families and old lives behind, in search of basic safety and freedom.
In some cases, the mobile phone fulfilled the role of a constant companion and became a quintessential tool to facilitate one’s escape. This has lead many to document their experiences.
Refugees are no longer mere faceless subjects of news reports - they are sharing their experiences over social media. Thousands of clips, recorded on mobile phones, are uploaded online and depict the happenings much more viscerally than a classic documentary ever could.
‘#MyEscape’ shows the refugee crisis through the refugees’ eyes. The content is made by the people themselves, whilst on the refugee trail or in the camps, and supported by in-depth interviews with the creators of the material.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 02:00 - Mohammad Ghunaim (25) & Abdullah Ghunaim (21), Damascus
▷ 03:30 - Omar Al-Sawadi (21), Deir al-Zor
▷ 06:40 - Hamber Alissa (27), Qamishli
▷ 09:10 - Rahmat Haidari (28) & Mujtaba Haidari (8), Kabul
▷ 15:20 - Wedi Keshi (35) & Khaled Abdelkader (28), Eritrea
▷ 19:00 - Sahara
▷ 23:59 - Toba Shirmohammadi (15), Herat-Afghanistan
▷ 28:53 - Aegean Sea
▷ 35:26 - Balkan Route
▷ 40:26 - Lampedusa
▷ 45:55 - To Germany
▷ 51:10 - Credits
#documentary #fulldocumentary #myescape #refugees #refugeecrisis #humanrights #migration #syria #syriacrisis #afghanistan
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Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/5Sp36B
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
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Original title: #MyEscape
A film by Elke Sasse
© 2016, Licensed by Albatross
-------
Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE
▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL
▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK
Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
