Title:
We are not refugees : true stories of the displaced / Agus Morales ; translated by Charlotte Whittle.
Author:
Morales, Agus, 1983- author.
Whittle, Charlotte, translator.
Publication Information:
Watertown, MA : Imagine!, [2019]
copyright2019.
Call Number:
JV6346.M6713 2019
Abstract:
Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home--more than 65 million globally. Unsparing, outspoken, vital, We Are Not Refugees tells the stories of many of these displaced, who have not been given asylum. For over a decade, human rights journalist Agus Morales has journeyed to the sites of the world's most brutal conflicts and spoken to the victims of violence and displacement. To Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Central African Republic. To Central America, the Congo, and the refugee camps of Jordan. To the Tibetan Parliament in exile in northern India. We are living in a time of massive global change, when negative images of refugees undermine the truth of their humiliation and suffering. By bringing us personal stories that reveal the individual pain and the global scope of the crisis, Morales reminds us of the truth and appeals to our conscience.
Edition:
First US edition.
ISBN:
9781623545321
Physical Description:
xi, 271 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published as No Somos Refugiados by Circulo de Tiza.
Contents:
Part 1. Origins: Why are they fleeing? -- Bin Laden, Refugee, Afghanistan and Pakistan -- A doctor is more dangerous than a fighter, Syria -- Plastic bottles, South Sudan -- Part 2. Flights: Who are they? -- In the shade of a Turkish Lemon Tree, Salwah and Bushra, from Syria -- Because of an Iranian accountant, Nesime, from Afghanistan -- The forgotten Lake Kivu, Birihoya, Julienne, and David, from the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Part 3. The camps: Where do they live? -- The city of refugees, Zaatari (Jordan) -- Open-air prisons, Malakal (South Sudan) -- The spirit of the migrant shelters, Ixtepec (Mexico) -- Part 4. Routes: How do they travel? -- Waiting for The Beast, Central America -- The United States -- The route of shame, Turkey -- Greece -- The Balkans -- Libyan waves, Mediterranean Sea -- Part 5. Destinations: When do they arrive? -- A ticket to limbo in refugee class, Central African Republic -- The refugee parliament, Tibetans in exile -- The last border, Syrians in Europe -- Acknowledgements.
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