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20 Most Influential Moments: REFUGEE CRISIS

As we near the end of 2020, we’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are… We had Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the Queen in Croke Park, a smoking ban, a whole new way of consuming TV and...

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18.10 8 Dec 2020


20 Most Influential Moments: REFUGEE CRISIS



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18.10 8 Dec 2020


As we near the end of 2020, we’ve been asking Newstalk listeners what the 20 Most Influential Moments of The Last 20 Years are…

We had Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the Queen in Croke Park, a smoking ban, a whole new way of consuming TV and music - and a pandemic…

Over the next few weeks, we’re focusing on one of the Top 20 each day – and today we look back on the Refugee crisis

Journalist Franziska Grillmeier tells Ciara Kelly about the horrors that refugees continue to face on Lesvos Island in Greece.

Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum reflects on the death of Alan Kurdi and what it meant for our understanding of the refugee crisis.

Sean Moncrieff speaks to volunteer James Gannon about the welcome his town showed to a group of refugees.

And Former Minister of State with Special responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin joins Kieran Cuddihy to assess Ireland's response to the refugee crisis.

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