Ergebnis für "Maria" in Ein- & Auswanderung

Wat valt op, als je als buitenlander naar Nederland verhuist? Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? Dit is hun verhaal. In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde.

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One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martinez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border.

Natural disasters and the dire effects of climate change cause massive population displacements and lead to some of the most intractable political and humanitarian challenges seen today. Yet, as Maria Cristina Garcia observes in this critical history of U.S. policy on migration in the Global South, there is actually no such thing as a "climate refugee" under current U.S. law. Most initiatives intended to assist those who must migrate are flawed and ineffective from inception because they are derived from outmoded policies. In a world of climate change, U.S. refugee policy simply does not work.

Hoy, en este ineludible manifiesto social, la autora nos explica por qué está tan incondicionalmente comprometida con la humanidad, la justicia global y la conservación de la naturaleza y nos insta a actuar con urgencia, pues se trata nada más y nada menos que del futuro común de nuestro planeta.