LSM video explores link between Ceuta migration crisis and Sabile festival

LSM has published a video piece titled "What's really happening," examining two seemingly unrelated events – the migration crisis in Ceuta and a disputed episode at the Sabile festival parade in Latvia.

Two events

Ceuta is a city located on the border between Europe and Africa, which has recently seen an intensifying migration crisis. At the same time, in the Latvian town of Sabile, some participants in a festival parade chose to dress up as people of other ethnic origins, sparking public discussion and criticism.

The connection

The title and introduction of the piece suggest that the video attempts to show how these two geographically and thematically different events – a serious migration issue at Europe's external border and antics at a local town festival parade – are linked to one another. The report itself is presented in video format, with a fuller explanation of the connection available in the segment offered by LSM.

The story reflects an ongoing public discussion about how other nations and ethnic origins are portrayed at local cultural events, and how such portrayals are perceived in a broader, including international, context.