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POV's  #GirlModel is nominated for a Webby Award. This film helped change New York's child labor laws! Vote now & help us win! @TheWebbyAwards! http://bit.ly/1eejtHE 

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POV's Girl Model is nominated for a 2014 Webby Award. Help us win! Please vote and share... and watch the film, now streaming free on POV.

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Tune in Thanksgiving Day for POV: Listening Is an Act of Love, featuring animated stories from 10 years of StoryCorps!

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It's POV's 2013 Documentary Equipment Survey! View full size image.

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Watch youth chess star Rochelle Ballantyne chase her dream in #BrooklynCastle 10/7 on PBS #PBSIndies

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Brooklyn Castle comes to POV on PBS October 7, 2013! #pbsindies

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Documentary Power Rankings: New Blood (And Red Wine) In The Top 10

Where do we stand on the top docs of 2013 so far? We’ve ranked the ten best in terms of box-office, critical acclaim, and general buzz.

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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Watch online now -- http://to.pbs.org/1d5VtVD

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'56 Up' comes to POV on October 14, 2013 as part of the PBS Indies Showcase!

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Brooklyn Castle comes to POV on October 7, 2013 as part of the PBS Indies Showcase!

http://to.pbs.org/11xfKMB

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Watch a film from POV's 26th season with friends & family, then enter for a chance to win a bundle of POV DVDs + posters. You can watch the films online, up to 30 days following the PBS broadcast. http://www.pbs.org/pov/about/premiere-party-entry.php

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If there was a documentary about your High School experience, what would be on the soundtrack?

Skye, Garrison and Kevin from Only the Young shared their High School soundtracks with us, and we want to hear yours!

Create and share your #myHSsoundtrack with POV. Here's how:

Open Spotify

Create a new playlist

Name it "My High School Soundtrack"

Add ALL the songs that take you back to your teen years

Grab the URL by right-clicking the playlist title

Share it on Twitter or Facebook with #myHSsoundtrack & #OnlyTheYoung

Listen to #myHSsoundtrack lists created by others

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Wandifa spent 16 months at Frambois detention center before being deported to Gambia. He now lives with his aging uncle, who raised him before he left for Europe, along with the rest of his family. While living and working in Switzerland, he was able to send money back home to help his aunt and uncle care for the young children in his family, but back in Gambia he struggles to find work. Watch this video to learn more about Wandifa's life after Special Flight.

Dia, a father of four and musician in Switzerland, was forced to leave his kids and return to his native Senegal after 15 years living and working in the country. Back in Senegal, he struggles to re-adapt and provide for his family. Watch this video to learn more about Dia's life after Special Flight.

After 20 years working, paying taxes and social insurance contributions in Switzerland, Ragip was deported to Kosovo by special flight, leaving his family behind for a short time. After leaving Frambois detention center, his wife and three children were deported to Kosovo as well. Watch this video to learn more about Ragip's life after Special Flight.

Geordry, the son of an assassinated opposition leader, fled Cameroon and applied for asylum in Switzerland. The Swiss government rejected his application for asylum and he was deported by special flight to Yaounde, where he was imprisoned shortly after his arrival. For unknown reasons, the incriminating evidence of his application for asylum in Switzerland was handed over to Cameroon. Watch this video to learn more about Geordry's life after Special Flight.

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Where do the most asylum seekers come from? Where do they go? Learn more about the flow of asylum seekers and what is happening in their countries of origin and their destinations across the world.

Map Key:

This map shows data for the top 20 countries of origin and top 44 destination countries with the most asylum seekers claims in the year 2012.

The orange countries are the top origins

The blue countries are the top destinations

Countries in dark grey have both a significant number of asylum seekers coming from that country and seeking refuge in that country.

Numbers based on United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Asylum Trends in Industrialized Countries in 2012. No information is reported for the Netherlands.

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Special Flight: Filmmaker Interview with Fernand Melgar

Director Fernand Melgar discusses the immigration system in Switzerland in regards to people seeking political asylum and refugee status.

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Tonight on POV: Special Flight

The plight of undocumented immigrants at a detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, points up contradictions between compassionate social policies and intractable immigration laws.

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Check out all the photos from Special Flight.

Special Flight, airing 7/1 on PBS, is a dramatic account of the plight of undocumented foreigners at the Frambois detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, and of the wardens who struggle to reconcile humane values with the harsh realities of a strict deportation system. The 25 Frambois inmates featured are among the thousands of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants imprisoned without charge or trial and facing deportation to their native countries, where they fear repression or even death. The film, made in Switzerland, is a heart-wrenching exposé of the contradictions between the country's compassionate social policies and the intractability of its immigration laws.