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...one of the coasts of a country that was a lifeboat, and that lifeboat was under siege by people who wanted to be taken on board. She thought to the southern shores of Italy and the boats that came up from the south, crammed with the desperate of North Africa striving to get into Europe. The vessels capsized under their human cargo; there were people in the water, their dream coming to a watery end. How could one turn one's face against all of that? What sort of person would one have to be to sail past?
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lifeboats
lifeboat
refugee
europe
refugees
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Alexander McCall Smith |
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The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water.
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syrian-refugee-quotes
syrian-war
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Richard Flanagan |
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One small boy jumps over a table, pulls his jumper and shirt up, and turns his back to us to show where shrapnel wounded him when he was three. His classmates shriek with laughter.
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refugee
syrian-refugee-quotes
syrian-war
war-wounds
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Richard Flanagan |