Please note the following schedule change for Saturday, March 19 at 4:06pm EDT (rpt Sun 08:06am EDT) for the special program “Global Questions: Syria’s Refugee Crisis – No End in Sight?” This program is available for US stations to download and broadcast from March 19 – 25.
Program title: Global Questions: Syria’s Refugee Crisis – No End in Sight?
Program description:
After 5 years of civil war in Syria, host countries for refugees, like Jordan, say they are struggling to cope with the influx. More than four million Syrians have fled across the border to Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, leading to immense strains on the infrastructure of those countries. These refugees have experienced the trauma of war, the loss of loved ones and their homes, and the struggle to survive in a new country.
Global Questions travels to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s Registration Centre in Amman, Jordan – one of the staging posts for refugees on their journey to rebuild their lives. Zeinab Badawi is joined by:
- Jordan’s Minister for International Cooperation
- Lebanon’s Director for the Ministry of Education
- The UNHCR representative in Jordan
- A member of Syria’s opposition high negotiations committee
- The German Ambassador to Jordan
They answer tough and frank questions from an audience not just from Amman, but also from refugee camps at Zaatari and Azraq, and from the city of Irbid which has one of the highest concentrations of refugees in the Middle East.
First aired: Saturday, March 19
Program duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds (23 minutes & 26 minutes 30 seconds) or 59 minutes including the News Bulletins, billboards & promos
Broadcast window: March 19 – 25, 2016
BBC broadcast times: APM Sat 16:06 (rpt Sun 08:06 EDT)
Download availability on www.bbc.co.uk/partners: from Saturday 19 March 22:00 GMT for 7 days