Episode 1

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Dr Kieran Connell, historian and writer at Queen’s University, explores the harrowing journeys made by asylum seekers who come from all over the world to find sanctuary in Belfast, a city still struggling with sectarian divisions. In this episode, a woman is forced to split her family in two as she flees war-torn Syria, only to encounter obstacles of a different kind in Northern Ireland. Written and produced by Colm Heatley and Kieran Connell Interviews conducted by Colm Heatley and Kieran Connell