Göteborgs-Posten Wins the 2025 Refugee Awareness Award for Compassionate Reporting
Göteborgs-Posten awarded the Refugee Awareness Award 2025 for its reporting on refugees.
Key Points
- • Göteborgs-Posten wins the Refugee Awareness Award 2025 for 'Flykten till Europa'.
- • The series details the struggle of Afghan refugees and the challenges they face.
- • Award established to honor journalistic integrity in refugee reporting.
- • The jury praised the series for connecting individual stories to broader societal issues.
Göteborgs-Posten has been honored with the Refugee Awareness Award 2025 for its compelling series "Flykten till Europa," which sheds light on the difficult journeys faced by refugees fleeing from Afghanistan to Europe. This series, published in the autumn of 2024 and written by journalists Arne Larsson and Anders Ylander, stands out for its profound and empathetic portrayal of refugees' lives amid hostile conditions and complex political circumstances affecting their asylum applications.
The Refugee Awareness Award, established in 2024 by Sweden for UNHCR, aims to acknowledge journalistic integrity in the reporting of refugee issues. Åsa Widell, secretary-general of Sweden for UNHCR, emphasized that the recognition highlights the critical role of serious foreign journalism during crises often neglected by mainstream outlets. The award jury praised Göteborgs-Posten for seamlessly connecting individual refugee stories to broader societal contexts, enhancing public engagement with the crisis.
As highlighted in the jury's comments, the series not only showcased the individual plights of refugees but also documented the larger obstacles posed by current EU policies and border regulations, showcasing both the personal and structural aspects of the refugee situation. By immersing readers in thorough fieldwork and nuanced narratives, Göteborgs-Posten has contributed significantly to the conversation surrounding refugee issues, making this recognition both timely and important.