Hosted by the SOAS Detainee Support Group, supported by SOAS STW and LGBT societies, the 14-minute film After Sangatte interviews one Iraqi Kurd refugee on his life, his escape from Iraq, to his plight, and that facing all those escaping the War on Terror to seek asylum in the UK.

A photographic slide show will discuss the closure of the Red Cross Sangatte Refugee Camp. The film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker, photographer and journalist involved in trying to bring this humanitarian crisis back to the UK public attention.

Speakers:

Oscar Beard (videojournalist)
Guy Smallman (photojournalist)
Simon Assaf (journalist)

After Sangatte

Written, Produced & Directed by Oscar Beard

Thursday 31 Janaury 2008, 6.30pm

SOAS University
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London
WC1H 0XG

Nearest Tubes: Russell Square, Goodge Street

Free Entry, but we are taking donations on the door to help the Salam Refugee Food Agency.

Reel News DVDs will be on sale on the night, latest edition featuring After Sangatte.
www.reelnews.co.uk