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Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home--more than 65 million globally. Unsparing, outspoken, vital, We Are Not Refugees tells the stories of many of these displaced, who have not been given asylum.

Table of Contents

Before We Begin . . . . . . . . . . . ix
"We Are Not Refugees" . . . . . . . 1

Part I
Origins: Why Are They Fleeing? . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
Bin Laden, Refugee, Afghanistan and Pakistan . . . . . 15
A Doctor Is More Dangerous Than a Fighter, Syria . .  28
Plastic Bottles, South Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48

Part II
Flights: Who Are They? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
In the Shade of a Turkish Lemon Tree,
   Salwa and Bushra, from Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Because of an Iranian Accountant,
   Nesime, from Afghanistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The Forgotten lake Kivu, Birihoya, Julienne, and
   David, from the Deomcratic Republic of Congo . . 88

Part III
The Camps: Where Do They Live? . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The City of Refugees, Zaatari (Jordan) . . . . . . . . . 105
Open-Air Prisons, Malakal (South Sudan) . . . . . . . . 114
The Spirit o fhte Migrant Shelters, Ixtepec (Mexico). 125

Part IV
Routes: How Do They Travel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Waiting for the Beast, Central America—
    The United States
The Route of Shame, Turkey—Greece—The Balkans. 164
Libyan Waves, Mediterranean Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Part V
Destinations: When Do They Arrive? . . . . . . . . . . 201
A Ticket to Limbo in Refugee Class,
     Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
The Refugee Parliament, Tibetans in Exile . . . . . . . . 233
The Last Border, Syrians in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . .  251

Acknowlegements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

About the Author

Agus Morales is a journalist who has spent the last decade writing about victims of war and the displaced. He is in love with the Indian subcontinent, where he spent over five years as a correspondent for the Spanish news agency Agencia EFE in both India and Pakistan. He then spent three years with Doctors Without Borders, following population movements in Africa and the Middle East. He is now an independent reporter whose work has appeared in the New York Times en Espanol, among other places. He is a founder and director of the international journal Revista 5W, and he holds a PhD in language and literature. Agus lives in Barcelona, Spain.