We are not refugees : true stories of the displaced / Agus Morales ; translated by Charlotte Whittle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morales, Agus, 1983- author.

Contributor:

Whittle, Charlotte, translator.

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

No somos refugiados. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Refugees--History--21st century.

Refugees.

Forced migration--History--21st century.

Forced migration.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 271 pages : map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Imagine!, 2019.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Originally published as No Somos Refugiados by Circulo de Tiza.

Translated from the Spanish.

ISBN:

9781623545321

1623545323

OCLC:

1089933090