{"product_id":"human-cargo","title":"Human Cargo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuman smuggling is now said to have an annual turnover of over $7 billion - more than revenue from smuggling drugs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaroline Moorehead's important new book looks at 'human cargo' from Afghanistan, Liberia, Palestine and many other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe has visited war zones, camps, prisons and the black Dinka families from the Sudan who were re-settled north of the Arctic Circle in Finland. She follows the fate of 57 young members of the Mandingo tribe, who fled ethnic cleansing and ended up happily in America via Egypt. She is shown the graves in Sicily of drowned boat people and examines the fence that has been built across Texas and into the sea to keep migrants out of America. She has interviewed emigration officials in Australia and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs there a valid distinction between 'good' asylum seekers and 'bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe difficult questions are asked, the horrible issues faced. But, above all, Human Cargo celebrates the courage, cheerfulness and will to survive of ordinary human beings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Moorehead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129027203241,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/human_ca47f6c0-39cb-48fe-8bc7-08d1553bb7c8.jpg?v=1649657076","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/human-cargo","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}