Book Quote by Adam Hochschild

“I may have fled out of fear, but I carry with me dreams; dreams of a community that thrives on understanding, compassion, and inclusion.…

— Hagir Elsheikh

“the refugees leave a refuge, enter a refuge run to the windows, what they see makes them move on, they move, refuge means move,…

— Hélène Cixous

“At a time when there are more refugees than ever, the rich world has turned its back on them. Our myths and religions are…

— Ben Rawlence

I think writers can respond by writing about the refugee crisis, by looking at problems faced by migrants, by trying hard to portray them…

— Adam Hochschild

“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma they long…

— Hagir Elsheikh

Men can get jobs from one country to another, they can get in. But the people who always fell through the cracks were women…

— Iman Abdulmajid

“To investigate how one makes the transition from a full, readily comprehensible existence to the life of a refugee, which is open in all…

— Jenny Erpenbeck

“Let my story remind you that behind every refugee is a human being, a unique story waiting to be heard.”

— Hagir Elsheikh

We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between…

— Poul Hartling

It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't…

— Oscar Hijuelos

A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now…

— Antonio Guterres

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to…

— Pope Francis