Refugees

“A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water”

“the villages’ history is long and obscure, and no one knows when the first one appeared in Cambodia…

There is also the collective memory, rarely transcribed, of the floating villagers themselves, who…

“‘I won’t fly refugees to their deaths’: The El Al pilots resisting deportation”

“In the first nine months of 2017, over 200 deportations of asylum seekers “failed” because German pilots for Lufthansa and its subsidiary, Eurowings, refused to take off with them on board…

“WHEN DENMARK CRIMINALISED KINDNESS”

“At school I was lucky enough to meet good people, who understood how to coach the aggressive and emotionally disturbed young girl that I was — believe me, it was no easy task. At one institution for especially difficult girls, I met Karen, who saw through my anger…

“A NOVEL ABOUT REFUGEES THAT FEELS INSTANTLY CANONICAL”

“They learn that the doors have become a global system of exit and entry. The “doors out, which is to say the doors to richer destinations, were heavily guarded, but the doors in, the doors from poorer places, were mostly left…

“Fleeing violence, asylum-seekers rely on psychologists to back up their story”

“For this asylum-seeker, as with many others, gaps in memory or inconsistencies in her story could have gotten her deported. Yet, when it comes to trauma, what might seem like a sign that…