Last Shelter

Afghani and Pakistani refugees occupy a church in Vienna to
protest against negative asylum decisions. A hunger strike, political activism and deportations split the group up. Solely a few are left.

A small group of young Afghans and Pakistanis occupy the Votive Church, the largest neo-Gothic church in Austria. After accelerated processing, their applications for asylum were turned down, though they had fled extremely dangerous conditions in their home countries, witnessing schools being burned down, beheadings by religious fanatics and murders of their relatives.
At freezing temperatures, these refugees protested for months, at times going on hunger strikes. In spite of wide...

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Orig. Title
Last Shelter
Year
2016
Country
Austria
Duration
103 min
Category
Documentary
Orig. Language
German, English
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