An honest, unflinching portrait of ordinary people, all immigrants to the United Kingdom, struggling with extraordinary obstacles to find somewhere to call home.
Emily Dugan is Social Affairs Editor at the Independent, i and the Independent on Sunday. Her investigations into human trafficking have twice been awarded Best Investigative Article at the Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards and her human rights journalism was shortlisted for the Gaby Rado Memorial prize at the 2012 Amnesty Media Awards. This is her first book.
A timely and acutely observed book... it shows that migration is
not about numbers, votes or opinions: it is about people.
*Carabas*
The whole story [is] told in such a fluent and well observed
way.
*Freedom of Movement*
I implore you to read this book. Its honest and powerful
recollections will force you to look beyond the figures, and at the
individuals that make up the numbers.
*InQuire Live*
An often heart-breaking read that stresses the mess of people's
lives, and their desperation and strength, too.
*Sunday Herald*
Excellently observed, well-judged and highly readable, making it
well worth a look.
*The London Economic*
This book is honest and so eye-opening... [it] couldn't be more
important.
*Thought About Books Blog*
Dugan sows sincere and powerful seeds via the stories of a group of
migrants struggling to settle in the UK.
*Times Higher Education*
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