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Boston Calling: Seeking Sanctuary

Seeking Sanctuary

02/04/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Seeking Sanctuary

The sanctuary church movement is on the rise again in California

We step inside a California church that’s asking unauthorised immigrants to seek shelter from the law amid its pews. Then, we head to Kansas and meet a high school student from Guatemala who says he’s drowning in the debt he owes to smugglers who got him into the US.

Plus, how a helmet equipped with an ultrasound camera is demystifying the sounds of the Irish language. And, a young Syrian refugee tells us about her remarkable short film, ‘The Girl Whose Shadow Reflects the Moon’, which combines magical imagery and gritty reality.

Image: Beatriz Orduña Abarca at the United Methodist Church in North Hills in Los Angeles. (Credit: PRI’s The World)

Please note that due to a technical problem this episode is a repeat of the programme broadcast on the 26th/27th March. The correct episode for the 2/3 April is broadcast on the following weekend - 9/10 April.

The download file on this page is the file for the programme that will be broadcast on 9/10 April - Questions of Trust

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