Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 18 minutes ago
In this case study, Dr. Yvonne Su describes the situation in and around Tacloban City, Philippines, after the devastating disaster known as Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. She dissects the government and international community's response to the crisis and the nature of the displacement faced by Tacloban residents.
This series was originally produced by Migration Matters e.V. for an Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange that invites refugees and non-refugee students from all over Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to learn together in an interactive, online classroom. These videos have been produced under a contract with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, financed by the European Union’s budget. The opinions expressed are those of the contractor and do not represent the contracting authority’s official position.
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Editorial & production: Sophia Burton, Bernadette Klausberger, Frankie Reid
Camera & sound: Julian Van Dieken
Edited by: Karoline Schulz
Graphics by: Anna van Odijk
Music by: Justin Wright
German subtitling by: alias film & sprachtransfer
French subtitling by: Alice Falourd
Arabic subtitling by: Ibrahim Fayyad
Additional research by: Romy St John, Maya Richtermoc
Produced by: Migration Matters e.V. 2020
Photography:
"Destroyed House" by RSCJ Photos is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
"Rawis/Anibong" by Claudio Accheri is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
"Philippines: Tacloban, a city in ruins" by Joseph Agcaoili, EU/ECHO is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Additional images provided by Yvonne Su
In this case study, Dr. Yvonne Su describes the situation in and around Tacloban City, Philippines, after the devastating disaster known as Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. She dissects the government and international community's response to the crisis and the nature of the displacement faced by Tacloban residents.
This series was originally produced by Migration Matters e.V. for an Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange that invites refugees and non-refugee students from all over Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to learn together in an interactive, online classroom. These videos have been produced under a contract with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, financed by the European Union’s budget. The opinions expressed are those of the contractor and do not represent the contracting authority’s official position.
Please visit migrationmatters.me to learn more about our work and subscribe to our courses.
You are free (and encouraged!) to embed this video and use it for any non-commercial purposes.
Editorial & production: Sophia Burton, Bernadette Klausberger, Frankie Reid
Camera & sound: Julian Van Dieken
Edited by: Karoline Schulz
Graphics by: Anna van Odijk
Music by: Justin Wright
German subtitling by: alias film & sprachtransfer
French subtitling by: Alice Falourd
Arabic subtitling by: Ibrahim Fayyad
Additional research by: Romy St John, Maya Richtermoc
Produced by: Migration Matters e.V. 2020
Photography:
"Destroyed House" by RSCJ Photos is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
"Rawis/Anibong" by Claudio Accheri is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
"Philippines: Tacloban, a city in ruins" by Joseph Agcaoili, EU/ECHO is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Additional images provided by Yvonne Su
