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Every day, approximately one thousand people make the desperate decision to leave everything they know and love, embarking on a perilous journey toward the United States. Crossing Lines takes you inside their world—not through statistics or political rhetoric, but through the intimate, unforgettable stories of four individuals whose courage, sacrifice, and determination reveal the true human cost of our immigration crisis.

Ernesto Castañeda y Daniel Jenks explican las razones de la migración juvenil de Centroamérica, describen el viaje y documentan cómo los menores experimentaron la separación de sus familias y su posterior reunión. Señalan que los jóvenes que tienen sentimientos de pertenencia se integran rápida y fácilmente.

'Every thoughtful person, concerned for the future of this country, needs to read this book.' - Prof. Irfan Habib Yaadon ke Bikhre Moti, the Hindi translation of the bestselling Remnants of a Separation, is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them...

A rousing, inspiring call-to-action that encourages us to embrace the economic potential of refugee women and break the invisible barriers that constrain their power Every day, thousands of women are forced from their homes by war, famine, economic collapse, religious persecution, or personal...

‘Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time’ BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today’s toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH How have those who arrived on Britain’s shores shaped its history? Refugees...

In "The Roman Empire the Empire of the Edomite," William Beeston throws a curveball at history, proposing a bold connection between the mighty Romans and the ancient Edomites of Jordan.

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Die Auseinandersetzung um Migration und Integration, um Flüchtlings- und Asylpolitik ist angesichts des neuen Zuwanderungshochs wieder in vollem Gange. Gleichzeitig aber gibt es keine europäische Asylpolitik, sind die Außengrenzen der EU löchrig, geht die Bundesregierung von überzogenen Zahlen für die qualifizierte Einwanderung aus, werden die Alarmrufe der Städte und Kommunen kleingeredet, wächst das Unbehagen von immer größeren Teilen der Bevölkerung.

This essay provides specific information on the effects of being an undocumented immigrant throughout the various stages of life. In other words, the effects of being an undocumented immigrant from the stages of early childhood, youth or adolescence, adulthood, and then to late or older adulthood. A social, historical, and cultural perspective and the impact of being undocumented is examined, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria's refugee outflow as its point of departure. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade, it probes a question as intimate as it is universal: What is home?

Around the world, millions are forcibly displaced by conflict, climate change, and persecution. Some cross international borders, while others are displaced within their own countries. In We Wait for a Miracle, Muhammad H. Zaman shares poignant stories across continents to highlight the health care experiences of refugees and forced migrants.

A rich boy turned refugee tells the story of coming full circle to succeed in ways beyond his imagination. Born to a family that had recently fled British India during the partition of India and Pakistan, Ram's early life in Mombasa seemed charmed with wealth and success. However, losing all of this overnight through a second deportation, this time from Kenya to the UK, he saw the course of his life change beyond recognition.

قررتُ أنا والمُصوِّر الفوتوغرافي "ستانيسلاف كروبر" أن نمضي مع اللاجئين السوريين، مُحَاولين عبور البحر من مصر إلى إيطاليا. لقد سلَّمنا قَدَرَنا لمهربين لم...

How Americans Think: Immigrant Guide is a comprehensive, practical resource designed for immigrants who want to understand American culture while preserving their own heritage. Whether you're new to the U.S. or have lived here for years, this guide offers key insights into American life, from work and family dynamics to communication styles and pathways to success.

A beautiful and compelling family memoir retracing the love story between Sabrin Hasbun's Palestinian father and Italian mother, and the life of her half-Italian, half-Palestinian family from the 1960s to 2020. After the loss of her mother, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand her mother's choices which led her from an oppressive childhood in a village in Tuscany to finding love and community activism in Palestine.

Sin maletas. Historias de refugiados desde el exilio es la primera investigación periodística sobre refugiados en el mundo nacida en América Latina. Busca crear conciencia sobre la migración forzada como un problema mundial y reconoce las contribuciones que los...

On the 18th of June 1994, weeks before the end of the massacres in which hundreds of thousands of her fellow Tutsi, Rwanda's Bantu-speaking ethnic group, were slaughtered by the Hutu, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and her mother were fortunate to find a safe passage out of Rwanda with a convoy of children organised by a Swiss humanitarian organisation. Fifteen years later, after rebuilding her life and becoming a successful novelist, Mairesse is ready to begin the long process of reconstructing her incomplete memories of the escape.

نافيد كرمانى كاتب ألماني من أصل إيراني، نشر العديد من المقالات والكتب عن علاقة ألمانيا بالإسلام وعلاقة المهاجرين من الشرق الإسلامي بأوطانهم الجديدة فى أوروبا...