No Freedom to Move

 

"The current politics of immigration have turned and

twisted human nature against itself

and our own kind and are fostering unimaginable

maltreatment of those who wish only to survive and live a better

life. As Warsan Shire, whose family left

Somalia and then managed to relocate

to Britain, writes in one of her most

unforgettable poems, “no one leaves

home unless/home is the mouth of a

shark.” War, famine, religious and ethnic

strife, and natural catastrophes will

continue to drive thousands to leave,

despite the extreme danger

 

READ ARTICLE BY MARINA WARNER