Title:
We are not refugees : true stories of the displaced
Author:
Edition:
First US edition.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2019.
Physical Description:
xi, 271 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781623545321
Abstract:
Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home--more than 65 million globally. 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.
General Note:
Originally published as : No Somos Refugiados by Círculo de Tiza, ©2016.
Contents:
Before we begin -- "We are not refugees" -- Bin Laden, refugee, Afghanistan and Pakistan -- A doctor is more dangerous than a fighter, Syria -- Plastic bottles, South Sudan -- 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 -- The city of refugees, Zaatari (Jordan) -- Open-air prisons, Malakal (South Sudan) -- The spirit of the migrant shelters, Ixtepec (Mexico) -- Waiting for the beast, Central America - The United States -- The route of shame, Turkey, Greece, the Balkans -- Libyan waves, Mediterranean sea -- A ticket to limbo in refugee class, Central African Republic -- The refugee parliament, Tibetans in exile -- The last border, Syrians in Europe.
Language:
English
