Life in Paradise – Illegals in the Neighborhood

78 ^min

Switzerland

Philosophy of Human Rights Right to freedom of movement Human rights Minority rights The citizen and the state

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Journalists Activists / NGOs Government officials Pupils Students Teachers

Life in Paradise – Illegals in the Neighborhood

Since the Swiss government installed a deportation center for rejected asylum seekers in the idyllic mountain village Valzeina, every fourth person in the village is now an illegal immigrant. Life in Paradise – Illegals in the Neighborhood shows the workings of the Swiss asylum policy, how privileged people from the Western world deal with asylum seekers in our neighborhood, how their lives are affected by this, and what it means to live as a rejected asylum seeker in this ‘paradise’.

Director

Roman Vital

Roman Vital has studied at the German Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and graduated in 2006. He has been making films since 1998 and won several prizes for his movies. After spending some years living in other countries, he returned to Switzerland, where he directed several documentaries. In 2006 he founded the klubkran Filmproduction company. Since 2006 he has produced and directed independent documentaries for cinema and television.

Refugees face problems, and they receive help in solving them, first of all, from local residents. The attitude of the locals to the refugees is very important here. Now many countries receive Ukrainian citizens, for which we are grateful to the governments of those countries. Forcibly displaced people within the country have many needs which both government bodies and volunteers help to solve. Every person wants to feel protected and safe.

Visitor of the Docudays UA film club at the Technical-Economic Professional College of Kamyanka