num_pages: 416
description: National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistTraveling for nearly two years and across four continents, Caroline Moorehead takes readers on a journey to understand why millions of people are forced to abandon their homes, possessions, and families in order to find a place where they may, quite literally, be allowed to live. Moorehead's experience living and working with refugees puts a human face on the news, providing unforgettable portraits of the refugees she meets in Cairo, Guinea, Sicily, Lebanon, England, Australia, Finland, and at the U.S.-Mexico border. Human Cargo changes our understanding of what it means to have and lose a place in the world, and reveals how the refugee "problem" is on a par with global crises such as terrorism and world hunger.
language: English
title: Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees
titlecomplete: Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees
genres: History, Cultural, Travel, Sociology, Social Issues, War, Biography, Africa, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 304
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Picador