The Dirty Work of Deportations (Swiss Press Audio 2018, by Jonas Pool) - Swiss Press Award
Radio Télévision Suisse
2nd place
Audio
2018
Jonas Pool
“The hardest thing to bear is when a child looks us straight in the eye. It makes me think of my own children.” The dirty work is that of the civil servants who are in charge of repatriations. How can rejected migrants be returned with dignity and respect for human rights? A police officer from Neuchâtel has agreed to tell Jonas Pool of radio RTS 1ère how he wakes up families in the middle of the night and then escorts them back to their home country. A testimony that describes the difficulties of carrying out such a mission, frequently applying restraints, without letting his personal feelings dictate his actions.
Interview with Jonas Pool
