One email we received from Sabia, simply contained these words: “It has begun.”
Month: October 2016
In the “Jungle”: Report from the Refugee Camp in Calais, France
“I was in jail with a Libyan man, his friends came and broke into the jail and let us go, too. There was fighting everywhere. You pray to be in jail with Libyans, because theyContinue reading
“Today Is One of the Heaviest Days of My Life.”
On multiple occasions I have written about Mohammed and use his words in a first person narrative, more recently about their desperate life-threatening journey over a year ago. They went to Finland with the hope thatContinue reading
Pictures from Metasabia Rigby in Calais, France
Voices co-coordinator Metasabia Rigby has just arrived in Calais, where police are dismantling a camp where refugees wait to cross the chunnel into Britain. Most of them are from Afghanistan and Syria. The camp hasContinue reading
Policies of Exclusion Challenged Across the Board and Across the Border
On the morning of Oct. 8, a group of US veterans who were deported to Mexico, in some cases after having fought in U.S. wars, congregated in Plaza Ochoa, Nogales, Sonora. They were joined byContinue reading
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown This afternoon, the Women’s Boat to Gaza was making good progress to the shores and the women were emotional about meeting all the people in GazaContinue reading