When You Don't Exist

When you don't exist is Amnesty International's campaign for the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and at its borders.
People move to Europe for different reasons. Some flee persecution or war. Others leave because of chronic poverty. They hope to find a safer, better future in Europe. But too often they find a different reality.
Europe is failing migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. Negative attitudes to asylum-seekers and migrants are widespread. European countries are stepping up measures to control migration. This can cause serious human rights violations. People on the move have their rights violated, often out of the public eye. They are effectively made invisible.
To learn more about Amnesty International's campaign, please visit: www.whenyoudontexist.eu/
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[@mfonelijahudoh8869]

Amnesty International doing a great Job in speaking out and acting against Human right abuses all over the world, I am pleased to be a part of the struggle.

[@rudigruenberg6591]

It doesnt exist

[@TaniaSafiShwayShway]

Absolutely perfect. Thank you so much. I hope this speaks through to some people.

[@kjetilnyjordet7742]

Why do people have to post stupid comments? If you don't get the message, don't assume it's automatically something negative.

[@atemsdestinee93]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is an example of what's wrong with this world.

[@TheMysticalStar]

The aim of this smart video is to oblige western people to imagine the possibility that what happens to some refugees could very well happen to them some day. It is a video about empathy. If those things did happen to you - being forced to flee from your country, loosing everything, being victim of racism and hate - would you still be so hard on refusing to help distressed people who need a country to welcome them ? If you had lost everything, simply needed a safe place to live in, but were rejected because of your ethnic group/skin color, considered a nuisance just because you are different, how would you feel in front of closed frontiers everywhere ? The fact is that wealthy western countries act and vote laws as if those situations would never happen to them. Those countries act as if they're not concerned by the lives of those thousands of people. By making such choices, we are not up to our duty of Humanity to take care of each other on this planet. We are responsible to help those in needs. We are responsible to choose that protecting a human life is an emergency whose importance lies above any economical, ideological or ethnical consideration. Amnesty here is just offering us the occasion to think about this topic from a new angle : stepping in the shoes of the ones you judge as "foreigners". First of all, they are all human beings, just like you and I.

[@AGAwesome]

Thank you, and peace and love to you! It's heart breaking that in this advanced world today anybody should have to suffer. Hopefully this video can at least inspire or encourage people to look at life a little differently and a little more thoughtfully.

[@gintareally]

well done, Amnesty. it's time somebody stood up for some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

[@maxieshouse]

Role reversal or 'the shoe is on the other foot' ... delicious irony, moving, powerful, perhaps one day that could be ME .. IT COULD BE YOU ..

[@wesafree]

this is lovely. i'd never thought of it like that...

[@aaaaka11]

So touching...

[@choice477]

we need more organization like you!

[@vthilton]

Truth, Love and Peace for All.

[@csarn77]

Exactly! This person gets it!

[@PauloVitorino5]

Amazing!

[@saimauddin5093]

this is a great way of showing the problem

[@ghagasdgj]

Well this seemed to shoot far above lots of heads. Too bad.

[@LissNup]

Bravo. Deserves an award.

[@0.1234.]

I love you Amnesty International ... very strong campaign documentary. Rola Badran - Palestinian Refugee in Lebanon, Programs Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Organization - PHRO

[@OG_reket]

Also, I couldn't say this in my other post because of char limit, but I wanted to thank you for not flipping your shit and actually presenting an opinion worthy of comment rather than being a troll on the internet.

[@ekselenUi]

It just stunning. Great view

[@456inthemix]

innovative and brilliant !

[@ZetsubouSue]

I agree.

[@andrewa182]

Remember that time when America had a civil war and millions of its adult males fled to Europe and the middle east.... ...Neither do I.

[@minarao1]

very powerful ...

[@YAYFUL1]

this is a good one but yet again a slap in the face for the hypocrisies in societies in this country that expect people to cut their own throats to feed the greed of others. i do not object to people who genuinely seek asylum like the government, but who is telling the truth and who is lying and why should the indigenous lower classes of Europe have to take second place because of the fall out from those who profited from colonialism and continue to do so through neo colonialism.

[@stuarthastie6374]

Reminds me of the Amnesty Internationals book cover of 1992. The peanut vender.

[@KillaCastro6438]

It seems that way sometimes...

[@gb8628]

So relevant, especially today, 10 or so years later in 2023. Fun fact, I was an extra in this short as it was filmed where I live.

[@limaalimaa]

A very powerful video.

[@kindasupersonic7114]

hmm that was a pretty cool twist.. the whole show on the other foot thing...

[@beautifulnature1814]

Good film. Life is change . It can happen. I welcome refugees. One day I might need your help.🌷

[@sandraleticialattawaramos907]

More love and peace

[@singer31216]

Love and Peace xx

[@interuniversal321]

I said the same thing last week, it really could.

[@lefilmographejusticier3327]

Help the country where you live and help immigrant AFTER AND ONLY AFTER, your country CAN.

[@shadiluke]

god bless you amnesty international

[@RaheemD]

Same...

[@DariuszChagall]

Everyone should see this.

[@simon8126]

People, some I think are missing the point of this, in my opinion, I believe this video is basically saying, if this happened here, we'd hope other countries would be a bit more sypathetic towards refugees than we currently are. I must admit that I too have been rather derogatory towards assylum seekers, but this has made me see that situations like this can arise anywhere, just because human rights are inaliable, doesn't mean there won't be someone who will deprive you of them anyway.

[@T800System]

Good idea. Will this be televised in the UK?

[@CharlesKunene]

Fantastic vid.

[@katten838]

They should show this in Israel.

[@jedrzejmikulski1600]

ما شاء الله !!!! בקרוב אצלכם!

[@willt9721]

Are you jewish or arab

[@MrEpsteinsMother]

Is this the same music used in the refugee scenes of the computer game Mass Effect 3? Seems very similar. Which would be weird.

[@jmizzle4]

What is the background music?

[@JakeRaven1970]

Australia is one. Thousands of refugees/imigrants try to travel to Australia without legal visas, and when the boats are intercepted, they are put in internment camps. Also check out Raymondville Texas, a camp holding over 2000 people who entered the USA illegally who are being held for deportation. Its a real thing, and it's worldwide.

[@RanchoCoral]

Case in point Rhodesia once the diamond of Africa now Zimbabwe funneling a mass exodus to anywhere.

[@giuliapiffanelli2389]

Who did this campaign? i need the name of the producer

[@PieroGiorgi]

Of course, this applies to the American Continent, too.

[@jaygee514]

We already do classify everyone as human. As for classifying people as different races, my point before (which I think you may have overlooked) is that it reflects a shared history among a group.

[@isabellmonius6588]

Was wäre wenn es andersherum wäre....gut gemacht.

[@cryptagion]

Quick, pay a group of politicians to over complicate the situation to give everyone a scapegoat for their discrimination.

[@Unevaluated]

I'm not ok with it. where did you get that from?

[@leftauparxoun]

Greek Anarchist here... dude we are doomed.

[@ThisAndThat4All]

"I owe it to my ancestors to fight for my motherland, Britain" It's normal to lament the dwindling numbers of your people" How do you define who's "your" people? All who lack melanin? Or all who have been socialized in Britain and therefore share the cultural mindset of Britain?

[@AGAwesome]

Very true. I guess since I was sent by a website that was trying to infer this video as a black vs white kind of thing it was misinterpreted.

[@thetravelerb]

This is a really great video, I hope some will understand that migrants intentions are not to do bad :/

[@FalloutNVplayah]

As if that would ever happen. Europe, Europe above all.

[@atemsdestinee93]

I mean, of course! He must have completely forgotten about the Greek, Roman and Ottoman empires. Europe has been left unscathed by history in his eyes.

[@hihihitaytaytay]

Is youtube running extremely slowly for anyone else?

[@gosienia8511]

Amnesty International/ Amnesty International Poland- Could you add polish translated to the video? I really want share this but not everyone understand english. :-( THANKS!

[@rosie16LRS]

the website that i found this on titled their video "They Replaced Black People With White To Make You See This Differently. Did It Work?" (on upworthy.com) For me, it didn't make a difference because skin color shouldn't matter when raising awareness for these types of global issues. (Also check out the top comments - the second one is about white guilt and such)

[@Maysara51464]

الظلم منتشر في كل مكان للأسف لايحس بالمظلوم غير يلي نظلم حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل

[@MegamikazeMoriko]

DON'T SCROLL DOWN TO THE COMMENTS SECTION *I'M WARNING YOU!!!!!!!!!*

[@zwitterelf]

This could happen if the UK continues the way it is going with David Cameron, and UKIP

[@PSbhoyRECK93]

probably even sooner

[@Tasurincci]

Al Jazeera's report on violence against Somali people, published on June the 6th (I'm afraid YT won't let me paste the link). It's specially interesting as it also puts in light to the common western misconception of black people being a common single group that suddenly popped on their background with no history or identity whatsoever.

[@mther9187]

If that's what they take from this then so be it. At least it might make them think retrospectively about racial & immigration issues.

[@timgear5]

I'm not wishing it away, if we class everyone as a human rather then different race then we will be able to focus on making them equal. as it stands if we keep classing people into different races then they will always be treated as such.

[@AmandaChoin217]

you can't compare peoples lives, everyone goes through different things and some are seemingly more difficult because of the measure you use to define difficult, but everyone struggles just in different ways.

[@Nouuuuranlovesadam]

true but you're taking it out of context which makes what you're saying not valid. When you compare the life of someone who is a refugee and being detained to someone who is free and struggling with their daily life then you are just turning a blind eye to an injustice in the system that needs speaking up against, simply because you would rather not empathize or maybe it is inconvenient for you, pretty heartless if you ask me.

[@AmandaChoin217]

em·pa·thize /ˈempəˌTHīz/ Verb Understand and share the feelings of another: A person can empathize with someone without having been in that exact situation. Otherwise counselors and psychologists and psychiatrists would not be able to do their job. I personally don't know what it's like to be placed into a refugee camp but some of my friends during hurricane Katrina were forced to evacuate their homes and lived in refugee camp like conditions and were treated as second class.

[@flashingmustard1131]

whats with the wack ipa

[@johnphillips6154]

Is there a way to subscribe to only the English spoken videos?

[@ifatube3364]

Please go to western and southern zones of oromia regional state,Ethiopia. Innocent peoples are being killed, a lot students are being fired with out any crime. For example from Haramaya University about 77 students were fired without any crime.

[@blipVSblop]

I think you accidentally used a comma instead of a colon.

[@Epicgamer-fg1kz]

Bruh just watching this in class

[@rarehunt3r]

Read a history textbook. Europeans have affected all different cultures and how they are now this present day. Europe has definitely done its fair share...in creating chaos throughout time. I do agree that Europe can't support an influx of refugees but everyone should do their part and help if they can.

[@blipVSblop]

how?

[@tapanborah7984]

DEAR AMNESTY, ON 23.10.2019 I SENT MY 15TH PETITION TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA. NOW CJI MUST HAS TO GIVE HIS VERDICT AS PER MY 15TH PETITION TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

[@leftauparxoun]

Η ελληνική σημαία αντιπροσωπεύει άξια τον τρόπο σκέψης σου. Για αυτο γουσταρω να την βλέπω να καίγεται. Χαιρετίσματα απο έναν Έλληνα μετανάστη.

[@afonsosriv]

a minha stora de ingles obrigou-me a ver isto

[@Eucomobolachas]

same

[@ModMudd]

Early in the US there were Russians, Polish, Irish, Italians, British, French, Germans etc. These are all RADICALLY different cultures with their own customs and norms. IE: A multicultural nation. To say the US wasn't multicultural is to assume that just because these people were all considered "white" that they're all the same. That's offensive to white people. White people aren't one homogeneous, indistinguishable clump just because they share a similar skin tone.

[@fringeelements]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I was taught at the finest universities that race doesn't exist in any biological sense, so any "race" you see in this video is purely a matter of things like culture, clothing and food.

[@ModMudd]

SOME argue that Tibet has suffered "cultural genocide" (notice they put the word "cultural" there to make a distinction).And the actual definition of what it entails remains undefined. And whats happening in Tibet CANNOT be compared the US or Europe. The Chinese GOVERNMENT imposed policies and social reforms on Tibet. Unless African and Asian governments get STATE control of European territories you're using the world "genocide" EXTREMELY recklessly. One could even call it delusional lying.

[@clydeyello]

Now THIS, sir, is an opinion. One that I don't share, but one that I can respect. However, I have to ask you: are YOU British? National identity is something we always carry with us, like a passport. Acknowledging your roots is key to achieving a functioning multicultural society - I will always be an Italian, wherever I'll go.

[@fruubful]

that's pretty much the opposite of what amnesty stands for. It'd be an insult to those who are part of the organisation to even suggest things like that.

[@roddaz]

really? how so ?

[@HavingAGreenDay]

I thought I did, but I probably had to delete it because I ran out of room. I originally typed that I think Mariah Carey is white, because she looks white except her nose. To be honest, I don't think any mixed child is white or black. I think that person becomes a hybrid, but most times it looks like the black parent. If it looks more like the white parent then it does, but it's a hybrid. I don't think it's just whites who call people who are half black, black. Blacks claimed Obama as black.

[@Acteon346]

No borders, no goverments, no human is ilegal

[@BishamontenPL]

I don't know how about you, but I live in Europe, and I'm European.

[@esaijas1411]

1992

[@arttukakranen5140]

esaijas 168392

[@byCapriFX]

can i share it on my channel? reupload it?

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

no, that is called STEALING CONTENT

[@byCapriFX]

no it isnt, it is sharing a global problem that have to get fixed, and may i can move somebody of my Community.

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

Capri there are 100 different ways to do that instead of using somebodie's hard work in your channel, it is not like sharing something in facebook, channels are not for showing other people's videos

[@byCapriFX]

wtf, if i would share it, i would not say that i made it, its also something like a promotion for the videomaker...

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

Capri it does not matter if you say you made it, a high portion of the public that would originaly go to the main video will go to your reupload, or your "share" as you like to call it. It would not work as a promotion for the videomaker because he would still be loosing his potential public. Even if you give him credit, once somebody has already seen it in your channel, why would they watch it again from the original channel?

[@r0b0hobo]

I was hoping they would all be Justin Bieber.

[@clydeyello]

As I said, it would be unethical. Even through I hate their words, I cannot bring myself to hate them. It would be a solution to the problem of racism? Probably yes. But it wouldn't be the right one.

[@ColinMorseCode2]

Maybe if the kid didn't have a hat with that stupid sticker on it, I would actually care.

[@NakisaSoltanKashefi]

How do you think this video helps the campaign everyone?

[@shaquedelilicss7849]

since the Syrian scandals, makes me wonder how credible Amnesty is now ..... and btw...

[@keishapatel1171]

Sad

[@bookcreator]

Why should this video be any more tragic when the refugees are white? Dammit, people are still people!

[@GoldenSunTerra]

That's kind of the point of the video. Some people don't see people of colour as real people.

[@hungaryargo]

Stupids are still stupids.. like you..

[@tovsteh]

GoldenSunTerra And some people of colour don't see white people as real people. It goes both ways, you know.

[@bookcreator]

GoldenSunTerra Ugh, I guess I get that but that kind of point of view infuriates me. I seriously don't get it

[@VivianeBossina]

triggerhappyrentacop No it doesn't. The difference is power. One group has it, the other doesn't. So they way one group sees and treats the other (and has been seeing and treating the other for centuries now) has more consequences.

[@RadBren13]

I see what this was trying to get at, but I think it missed the mark.

[@HavingAGreenDay]

I didn't know I thought breathing next to a person of colour is genocide. Thanks for letting me know. I actually have a person of colour in my presence right now, and I don't find it unbearable. I like people of colour, but I'm concerned about how people of colour feel about people of...no colour? That sounds racist. I think I definitely wouldn't call blacks supremacists for not wanting a bunch of whites or Asans in their countries. If I did that, I would be supporting genocide. I don't hate.