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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.24,0:00:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever wondered
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.94,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if our fears concerning migrants\Nand refugees
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.23,0:00:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are based on facts?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.40,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or have they been media manufactured?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you\Nsome of my personal experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.49,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of media, migration and fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.97,0:00:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a teenager\Nmy parents moved house
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.37,0:00:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.05,0:00:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became withdrawn,\NI just stayed at home and read.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.87,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My worried parents nudged me\Nto audition for a job
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a presenter on a radio station.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.79,0:00:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did it, I got the job\Nand my parents regretted it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.62,0:00:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have not stopped\Ntalking ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.35,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:01:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being live on-air at the young age of 18
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.28,0:01:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.01,0:01:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to make\Nso many of my mistakes in public.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.87,0:01:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was also character building\Nand exhilarating.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.71,0:01:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made lifelong friends and learned a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.89,0:01:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My editor taught me\Nthe importance of integrity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.89,0:01:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only as a journalist\Nbut as a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.95,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved being a radio journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.77,0:01:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost exactly five years later,\Non a beautiful April day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.14,0:01:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A solitary sniper shot\Nquickly turned into a gunfire,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.69,0:01:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which soon became heavy shelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.100,0:01:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within days there was no way\Nin or out of Sarajevo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The siege lasted 1425 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.50,0:01:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the longest of this kind\Nin the history of modern warfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.63,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,11,541 of my fellow Sarajevans
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,died during that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.87,0:02:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life was worthless
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.62,0:02:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Serb nationalists on the mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.02,0:02:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shooting down on my city.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.86,0:02:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To them I became imaginary threat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.28,0:02:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they decided, for the sake\Nof their deranged nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.87,0:02:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I and my city
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.87,0:02:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should no longer exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.24,0:02:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very difficult for me\Nto describe to you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.50,0:02:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the fear of a life under the siege,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.19,0:02:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under constant sniper fire\Nand heavy shelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.26,0:02:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no food, no water, no electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.26,0:03:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With every day of the siege\NI also became less human
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.05,0:03:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people that I went to school with,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.64,0:03:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I worked with, I fell in love with.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.09,0:03:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fear that I felt\Nwas very very different
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.09,0:03:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is no safe space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you're not afraid for yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.16,0:03:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you fear for your friends and your family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.51,0:03:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundred thousand people died\Nduring the war in Bosnia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.66,0:03:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many more were wounded\Nand raped and tortured.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.64,0:03:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And half of my country ended up\Nin exile or displaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.10,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon after the war began,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a journalist\Nand spoke English,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.45,0:04:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started working\Nfor international war correspondence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.28,0:04:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly believed\Nthat if we reported our war,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.36,0:04:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would bring it to an end
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.77,0:04:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18 months into this hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.52,0:04:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they helped me escape\Nthe siege of Sarajevo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.100,0:04:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found myself in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.81,0:04:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was a refugee.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.71,0:04:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.91,0:04:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my entire life and my identity\Nhad been taken away from me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gradually started rebuilding my life\Nand recovered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.66,0:04:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even in a super diverse metropolis\Nsuch as London,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.61,0:04:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people would tell me that\NI don't look like a refugee,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.89,0:04:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really nice people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.61,0:04:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would politely asked them,\N"What does a refugee look like?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.88,0:04:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are a little bit embarrassed\Nto tell me that they don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.36,0:05:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does a refugee look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.89,0:05:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there such a thing as a refugee look?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.72,0:05:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have met a refugee\Nor a migrant in person,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.49,0:05:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that experience will inform your views.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.74,0:05:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be positive,\Nit can be negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.04,0:05:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, not all refugees and migrants\Nare nice people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.74,0:05:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a personality competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.100,0:05:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, if you have not met\Nanyone in person,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.11,0:05:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you just rely on reported images,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.47,0:05:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you are exposed to:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.21,0:05:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day, we are exposed\Nto a torrent of negative media images
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.01,0:05:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of floods that turn into tides
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.99,0:05:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of refugees and migrants\Nwho are coming here to take our jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.95,0:05:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take our hospital beds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.53,0:05:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my God! Our borders are out of control!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.82,0:06:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're coming to get us!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.22,0:06:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not a new phenomenon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.76,0:06:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oxford Migration Observatory\Nanalyzed 58,000 newspaper articles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.24,0:06:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,published in a period of two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.11,0:06:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is 43 million words.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.27,0:06:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they found
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.91,0:06:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the word most commonly\Nassociated with the term immigrant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.97,0:06:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is illegal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.95,0:06:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2003, this was front-page news:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.56,0:06:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Asylum seekers ate swans".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.52,0:06:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this story had no eyewitness accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.96,0:06:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no police reports,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.27,0:06:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was absolutely baffling\Nwhere they came up with this story.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.99,0:06:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, because the press\Nis so poorly regulated,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.46,0:06:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complaining about such lies\Ndoes not repair the damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.49,0:06:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after a long complaints process,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.31,0:07:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the newspaper\Ndidn't have to make an apology,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.41,0:07:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they had to print a correction
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.22,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a tiny little corner of page 41.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The swans' story is very popular.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.24,0:07:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes back every few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.97,0:07:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010, asylum seekers had been replaced
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.48,0:07:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Eastern European migrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.21,0:07:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this kind of negative stereotyping
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.48,0:07:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is present in our daily lives\Nall the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.64,0:07:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it goes unchallenged,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.47,0:07:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and voices of refugees and migrants\Nare hardly ever heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.97,0:07:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this creates this climate of fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.97,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the narrative in which we blame immigrants\Nfor all evils in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.53,0:07:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is no wonder that the public\Nis fearful of immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poll after poll shows that British public
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.08,0:08:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overestimates the number and the impact\Nthat immigrants have in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.06,0:08:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And obviously, then,\Npoliticians have to react
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.34,0:08:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this fear that people are experiencing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.20,0:08:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, they do not provide\Nthe public
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.77,0:08:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with reassurance, nor with facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.33,0:08:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, their responses and actions\Nreinforce those fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.71,0:08:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they talk about controlling borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.60,0:08:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they talk about reducing numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.19,0:08:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they take actions\Nthat limit people's rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.83,0:08:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also they restrict access to services.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.77,0:08:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this does
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.02,0:08:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just reinforces the fear\Nthat it becomes bigger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.17,0:08:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the damage that this does to all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.30,0:09:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is best summed up in the words\Nof my favorite Jedi Master Yoda:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.13,0:09:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fear is the path to the dark side.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.43,0:09:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.66,0:09:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hate leads to suffering"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.62,0:09:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this worries me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.38,0:09:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it makes me feel\Na little less human again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.24,0:09:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It worries me that\Nwhen campaigners and advocates,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.35,0:09:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.27,0:09:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we try to talk about facts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.01,0:09:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide context\Nfor the reasons why people migrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.15,0:09:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are dismissed as politically correct,\Nnaive and emotional.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.12,0:09:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in preemptive strike,\Nwe are often told
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.62,0:09:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is not racist to talk\Nabout immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.93,0:10:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for once I agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.01,0:10:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not racist\Nto talk about immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.73,0:10:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talk about it all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.02,0:10:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is how we talk about\Nrefugees and migrants
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.86,0:10:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.48,0:10:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In April last year, just after\Nthe mass drowning off the coast of Italy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.72,0:10:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sun columnist,\Napart from other derogatory remarks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.35,0:10:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referred to human beings as cockroaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.52,0:10:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should this worry us,\Nthis kind of language?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.71,0:10:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't this what freedom of speech\Nis all about?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.71,0:10:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allowing all kinds of views\Nto be aired and debated?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.11,0:10:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well this worries me,\Nbecause dehumanization
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.49,0:10:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stage three of the eight stages\Nof genocide,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.49,0:11:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as classified by professor Gregory Stanton\Nthe founder of Genocide Watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.97,0:11:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stage 1 is classification:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.37,0:11:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we divide ourselves into "us" and "them".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stage 2 is symbolization:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.83,0:11:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we give names and other symbols\Nto different groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.19,0:11:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call each other Jewish and German,\NTutsi and Hutu, Serbs and Bosnians.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.75,0:11:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, classification and symbolization\Ndo not necessarily lead into genocide,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.88,0:11:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless they lead into dehumanization.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.73,0:11:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this fear-mongering mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.52,0:11:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only for refugees and migrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.15,0:11:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for all of us?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.06,0:11:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the things\Nthat we're not talking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.78,0:11:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we are focusing\Non these imaginary fears?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.51,0:12:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the consequences\Nof those silences for our democracy?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.25,0:12:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't get to talk\Nabout facts a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.24,0:12:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please indulge me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.59,0:12:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's have a look at some of the facts
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.40,0:12:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are readily available\Nto all of us right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.97,0:12:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as to journalists, on our phones.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.75,0:12:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that in 2015,\N244 million people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.75,0:12:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just 3.3 percent\Nof the world's population,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.75,0:12:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lived outside their country of origin.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.76,0:12:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an increase from 2.6% since 1995.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.72,0:12:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that no country is overrun\Nor lost control of its immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.92,0:12:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Qatar, where currently\N88% of its population are immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.91,0:12:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that there are\Nsixty million displaced people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.37,0:12:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.82,0:12:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're the ones\Nliving in fear for their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.58,0:12:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that developing countries
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.00,0:13:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,host over 86%\Nof the world refugee population.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.20,0:13:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the fact is that more than\Nhalf of them are under 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.25,0:13:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that about two-thirds\Nhave lived now for more than five years
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.91,0:13:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exile, with no prospect of return.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.35,0:13:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, another powerful fact\Nis that facts are boring,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.61,0:13:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially for the media:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.51,0:13:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no drama,\Nand positive stories do not sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.26,0:13:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me be a journalist\Nfor a second again.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.89,0:13:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we just blame the media?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.77,0:13:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our recent history is full of examples
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.63,0:13:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of where hate and exclusion\Nand dehumanization
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.63,0:13:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led to the worst atrocities\Nthat we can imagine:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.24,0:13:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holocaust.\NGenocides in Bosnia and Rwanda.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.52,0:14:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going back further into our past,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.09,0:14:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the interesting examples
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.54,0:14:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something that was found
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.49,0:14:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of the very rare documents
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.54,0:14:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Shakespeare's handwriting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.38,0:14:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was recently exhibited in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.63,0:14:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Shakespeare wrote a speech in a play,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.76,0:14:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which he made a passionate plea
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.91,0:14:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for humane treatment of asylum seekers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.79,0:14:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been accused\Nof stealing Londoners jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.69,0:14:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was the time\Nwhen French Huguenots
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.69,0:14:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were coming and seeking protection\Nin the capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.29,0:14:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1600.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.86,0:14:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what struck me about this story
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.96,0:14:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not only how great Shakespeare is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.71,0:14:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he's on my side,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.90,0:14:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also that the play\Nwas not staged at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.96,0:15:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the fear\Nthat it might incite unrest.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.55,0:15:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More recently, in Germany,\N"Der Spiegel" came on the fire
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.51,0:15:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because some of its readers,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.13,0:15:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on no evidence,\Naccused them of making up
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.78,0:15:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these positive stories about refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.48,0:15:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So pollsters discovered\Nthat only one-quarter of Germans
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.88,0:15:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe that the media\Npaint a correct picture
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.73,0:15:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the level of education\Nand share of women and children
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.04,0:15:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amongst incoming refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.68,0:15:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, did we cross to the dark side?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.66,0:15:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.74,0:15:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I do what I do because I have hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.27,0:15:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the source of my hope\Nis not blind faith in humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.08,0:15:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The source of my hope\Nare brilliant people I meet everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.69,0:15:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refugees and migrants as well as citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.31,0:15:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose small acts of kindness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.79,0:16:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a huge difference for these people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.95,0:16:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one hand, I couldn't convince the media\Nto change this way of reporting,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.76,0:16:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the other hand, I could no longer live\Nwith the fact that facts don't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.19,0:16:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to try something different:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.90,0:16:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my colleagues, I have founded\N"Women on the Move Awards".
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.66,0:16:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every year at the Royal Festival Hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.85,0:16:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we celebrate amazing\Nmigrant and refugee women leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.65,0:16:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create a space\Nfor them to tell their stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.14,0:16:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be celebrated and recognized\Nfor the contribution that they make.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.52,0:16:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We invite other powerful women\Nto share their power and to support them
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.40,0:16:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and amplify their voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.04,0:16:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We celebrate journalists\Nwho do their job with integrity,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.45,0:16:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and report human stories and facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.63,0:16:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also celebrate champions,\Nremarkable people,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.63,0:17:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose small acts of kindness\Nmake integration work in everyday life.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.20,0:17:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these champions this year\Nrose to a challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.05,0:17:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They decided that\Nthey can think differently
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.23,0:17:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their duty and responsibility\Nto welcome refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.06,0:17:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They decided that they actually\Nhave the power to protect,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.42,0:17:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have the right to welcome people.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.84,0:17:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And up and down the country\Nthey're now organizing money
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.53,0:17:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to sponsor\Nand bring in more refugees safely.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.43,0:17:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So going back to my original question:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.65,0:17:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we think that our understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.43,0:17:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of migrants and refugees\Nis based on facts?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.71,0:17:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My invitation to you\Nis not only to see the facts,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.26,0:18:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to see refugees and migrants\Nas human beings, on the move,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.02,0:18:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as resilience survivors,\Nas soon-to-be citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.14,0:18:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My invitation to you is to see ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.84,0:18:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as citizens who have the power to protect,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.46,0:18:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the right to welcome them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.44,0:18:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we do that,\Nwhen we see migration as the fact of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.57,0:18:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will stop fearing it
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.24,0:18:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will have the confidence\Nto organize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.24,0:18:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.27,0:18:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)