Out of Sight review – mountain idyll on the Swiss border is a gilded cage for distressed asylum seekers

Young men share their heartbreaking experiences of an Alpine ‘deportation camp’ in Lisa Polster’s impactful, gentle documentary Located on the Swiss-Austrian border, the Bürglkopf mountain is a picture-perfect Alpine landscape, with its verdant fields and scenic trails. The tranquil idyll is a popular holiday spot, with thousands of tourists each year. Some visitors, however, are less welcome than others. Nestled among the lush forest on the mountaintop is a so-called deportation camp, where asylum seekers are held for months, even years. In Lisa Polster’s impactful documentary, one of our fir

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