The book looks at libyan detention centres, which are effectively prisons where people are locked up indefinitely without legal recourse. Since 20 17, 90 thousand people, men, women and children have been caught at sea and returned into indefinite attention in libya. The reaction to the migrant crisis was that a lot of m were a kind of far rice, a political parties started gaining power and figures. So i'm sure many people still don't know about this. Am, and that yet, that kind of started me on this path of reporting on this or can it hopefully cover all that in our time?
Over four million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began. The support for Ukranians has been compassionate and heartwarming but it has also raised questions about why those fleeing North Africa and the Middle East are not afforded the same degree of sympathy. Sally Hayden is an award-winning journalist and photographer, and Africa Correspondent for The Irish Times. Her new book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route, tells the stories of refugees making perilous journeys and seeks to investigate the murky politics that means not all asylum seekers are given the same opportunities. Our host for this discussion is the economist, broadcaster and writer, Linda Yueh.
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