A short film by documentarian Tom Harmer about Rohingya Muslim Rabea Sultana whose family escaped persecution in Myanmar to find a new life in Bradford. Rabea talks about her family’s journey as refugees as well as the opportunities she now has to not only better her life, but also help others like her parents who are escaping oppression. Title: Rabea Sultana Refugee from Myanmar Rabea Sultana comes into her living and takes a seat on a sofa. As she flicks through a photograph album...

A short film by documentarian Tom Harmer about Rohingya Muslim Rabea Sultana whose family escaped persecution in Myanmar to find a new life in Bradford. Rabea talks about her family’s journey as refugees as well as the opportunities she now has to not only better her life, but also help others like her parents who are escaping oppression. Title: Rabea Sultana Refugee from Myanmar Rabea Sultana comes into her living and takes a seat on a sofa. As she flicks through a photograph album featuring her family she talks about her parents fleeing Myanmar, what life in the country was like under Burmese military rule and her parents eighteen years living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh before moving to Bradford. She explains that her family are Rohingya Muslim, an ethnic minority in Myanmar who have escaped persecution and the torture. As Rabea walks along streets in Bradford she talks about become in UK citizen and having the kind of opportunities in life her parents didn’t. As she sits with her parents and brother on the living room floor enjoying a meal together, she talks about visiting a refugee camp where many of her relatives still live. She compares life there to that in Bradford. Sitting on the sofa again she looks through her phone of both still and moving images of a fire which took place at the refugee camp and talks about the fear her relatives have in the camps where they are deprived of most rights and could be deported back to Burma As she comes to stand outside a school or college Rabea talks about the importance of education and her wish to become a barrister so that she can help others like herself and her parents living in Burma where the law is only there for the rich. Walking beside a lake Rabea comes to sit on a bench and explains that everyone deserves the right for freedom, to be able to make their own decision and to go where they want without restrictions. She also talks about the importance of having a voice to stand up to violence and torture. As she walks along a path she comes to a position overlooking Bradford and talks about the diversity of the city where everyone is welcomed. Title: Bradford is home to the largest Rohingya population in Europe “I have no doubt that the Rohingya people have always been one of, if not the, most discriminated people on the world, without any recognition of the most basic rights starting by the recognition of the right of citizenship by their own country – Myanmar.” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. In press remarks on his visit to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – 02 July 2018 End title: Bradford for Everyone. Bradford District. Bradfordforeveryone.co.uk