Refugees documentary 'Fire at Sea' wins Berlin fest top prize

Berlin (AFP) - "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, clinched the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize on Saturday from a jury led by Meryl Streep. Italian director Gianfranco Rosi's picture offers an unflinching look at life on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where thousands of migrants have arrived trying to reach the European Union over the last two decades and thousands more have died trying. The Eritrean-born Rosi dedicated the prize to the peo