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Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees
Caroline Moorehead
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Description for Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees
Paperback. How can society cope with this diaspora of the twenty-first century? Is there a difference between 'good' asylum seekers and 'bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down? This title celebrates the courage and will to survive shown by ordinary human beings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisis How can society cope with the diaspora of the twenty-first century? Is there a difference between `good' asylum seekers and `bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down? Caroline Moorehead has visited war zones, camps and prisons from Guinea and Afghanistan to Australia and Italy. She has interviewed emigration officials and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees while investigating the ... Read more
A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisis How can society cope with the diaspora of the twenty-first century? Is there a difference between `good' asylum seekers and `bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down? Caroline Moorehead has visited war zones, camps and prisons from Guinea and Afghanistan to Australia and Italy. She has interviewed emigration officials and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees while investigating the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784703615
SKU
V9781784703615
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-36
About Caroline Moorehead
Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo and Martha Gellhorn. Her biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Dancing to the Precipice, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award in 2009, and her book on the French Resistance, Village of Secrets, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize ... Read more
Reviews for Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees
A shattering book, meticulously researched, humane and utterly heartbreaking
Observer
Heartbreaking... Urgent... Terrifying
Guardian
This is one of those books that will sooner or later change the future
Sunday Times
Strong in its condemnations and unflinching in its gaze, Human Cargo is also, mercifully, rich in humanity and ... Read more
Observer
Heartbreaking... Urgent... Terrifying
Guardian
This is one of those books that will sooner or later change the future
Sunday Times
Strong in its condemnations and unflinching in its gaze, Human Cargo is also, mercifully, rich in humanity and ... Read more