Living in Limbo 
Almost weekly there are stories in the British press about backlogs in the UK asylum system, and the pressure this puts on asylum seekers. No-one in the UK is more marginalised than asylum seekers who have not had their applications accepted, but not been asked to go, sometimes for as long as 8 years. Jenny Cuffe meets Collen, who thinks his 4 years of asylum claims and appeals may be at an end, but is too frightened to return to Zimbabwe, and Thomas, who is from Eritrea, who doesn’t know yet if he can stay in the UK after originally claiming asylum as a teenager 7 years ago. In Living in Limbo, Jenny Cuffe investigates the impact of this long wait on their lives, when you don’t know for so long whether you are staying or going. [more]

At the Edge in Soweto 
On the South Western edge of Johannesburg, densely populated Soweto is where Freddy and Sibusiso, both young men in their 20s, live and are looking for work. Unemployment among young people there is over 40%, higher than the national average in South Africa and rising. Hardly surprising then that many of them have become ‘discouraged jobseekers’. They feel that living in Soweto is in itself counted against them. For SAFM radio station in Johannesburg, presenter Anza Dali, who was brought up in Soweto and is looking for a job too, finds out how Freddy and Sibusiso are coping with long-term unemployment and the constant temptation to make a ‘fast buck’ rather than an honest buck. [more]

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Soundprint Awards
We're proud to congratulate this season's award winning producers:
The Busker and the Diva produced by Judith Kampfner won a Gold World Medal at the New York International Festivals.

Equity in Education: 50 Years After Brown, produced by Kathy Baron was awarded the 2005 Silver Reel Award for National Documentary by The National Federation of Community Broadcasters.

War and Forgiveness (Korean Sharing House/Holland's Black Page), produced by Judith Kampfner and Dheera Sujan, was named a 2005 Gracie Allen National Award Winner by the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) in the category of Outstanding Documentary Radio.

Educating Emily, produced by Jean Snedegar, and Who needs libraries?, produced by Richard Paul, received a Special Citation in the 2004 National Awards for Education Reporting by The Education Writers Association (EWA).

The Korean Sharing House, produced by Judith Kampfner recieved a Newswomen's Club Front Page Award