Special Flight

The plight of undocumented immigrants at a detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, points up contradictions between compassionate social policies and intractable immigration laws.

Special Flight filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Wandifa in his home country, Gambia, after his deportation from Frambois detention center in Switzerland by special flight.

Special Flight filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Geordry in his home country, Cameroon, after his deportation from Frambois detention center in Switzerland by special flight.

Special Flight filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Dia in his home country, Senegal, after his deportation from Frambois detention center in Switzerland by special flight.

Special Flight filmmaker Fernand Melgar visits Ragip in his home country, Kosovo, after his deportation from Frambois detention center in Switzerland by special flight.

Mr. Pitchou gets some good news while at the Frambois detention center in Geneva.

A man seeking asylum in Switzerland pleads his case to an official.

Director Fernand Melgar discusses the immigration system in Switzerland in regards to people seeking political asylum and refugee status.