McKee Library

World Day of Migrants & Refugees

McKee Library joins in bringing awareness to the vulnerable status of migrants and refugees around the world.  Learn more about migrants/refugees through these library resources below. 

Streaming Media

Climate Refugees: The Global Human Impact of Climate Change

CLIMATE REFUGEES is the first feature film to explore in-depth the global human impact of climate change and its serious destabilizing effect on international politics. The film turns the distant concept of global warming into a concrete human problem with enormous worldwide consequences. Experts predict that by mid-century hundreds of millions of people will be uprooted as a result of sea level rise and an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and desertification. 

Border Politics: Examining the Treatment of Refugees Across the Globe

This documentary follows human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees by most Western democracies. This contemporary story is about the threat to human rights, the loss of democratic values and our increasingly heartless treatment of ‘the other’. Seventy years after the world constructed international conventions to ensure the horrors of World War 2 wouldn’t be repeated, Burnside finds it terrifying to see Australian and other Western political leaders exploiting fears around border protection to extend political power.

Resistance Is Life: Life in a Syrian Refugee Camp

From a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, an 8-year-old girl named Evlin characterizes the resilience of her hometown of Kobane against ISIS militants. In the midst of the tragic war in Syria, Evlin's story provides hope.

Books

Click on these books to learn more about refugees and their stories.