Forced Migration Online: Blog

The film ‘Yemen: Refugees crossing the Gulf of Aden‘ is now available to view online. The film reports how thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict, violence, drought and poverty.

During 2007, almost 30,000 took the dangerous voyage to seek relative safety in Yemen. Due to the escalation of the conflict in Somalia and the food crisis in parts of the Horn of Africa, more and more people are joining the already large refugee and migrant population in Yemen. During the first five months of 2008 over 20,000 arrived, more than double the number of arrivals in the same period last year.

• Yemen: Refugees crossing the Gulf of Aden
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Selected content from Forced Migration Online’s video and podcast collections is now available via The University of Oxford’s new pages on Apple’s iTunes U.

In Michaelmas term 2008, the University of Oxford will become part of Apple’s iTunes U initiative, whereby universities around the world are making free podcasts available to be downloaded from Apple’s portal. Here you will find public lectures, teaching material, interviews, and other content provided by Oxford academics, Oxford research projects, and visitors to the University. There will be a wide range of content covering all disciplines, which will be added to regularly.

• The University of Oxford on iTunes U