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On the Refugee Crisis
Sarah Moss
‘I imagine that each of my migrant forebears needed a bit of help on each arrival, a bit of human decency’
Empathy and the New Refugee Crisis
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
‘What does it take to remind people that you are human?’
On the Refugee Crisis
Gazmend Kapllani
‘Europe, my love. You have such a long history; and oftentimes such a short memory.’
Fatima Bhutto on the Refugee Crisis
Fatima Bhutto
‘In a connected world, how can anyone close their doors?’
First Sentence: Molly Brodak
Molly Brodak
‘A name is a single small token of selfhood issued at birth, upon which all the rest of one’s person must be built.’
The Exorcism of Doctor Escudero
Gabi Martínez
‘His body was like a rock. It wasn’t his. It was like he was possessed.’
Travel Notes About Death
Susana Moreira Marques
‘The first notes I take are about a man who was born, grew up, worked, was married, had a daughter, grew old, and died in the same village.’
War in Donbas
Julian Evans
Six days on the front lines of Ukraine’s ongoing battle with pro-Russian separatists
Too Hard to Keep
Jason Lazarus & Ariana Reines
‘There are days I can’t even remember the things I want to know.’
