World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
Every day, people around the world make the difficult decision to leave their countries in search of safety and better lives. Forced to flee their home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning, these refugees leave behind family members and friends, and most of their belongings. Their hope of arriving safely is often dashed by experiences of trauma or torture at the other end
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
As an act of protest against the US regime’s ‘purposefully’ cruel family separations, immigrant rights advocates in the US put up two dozen startling art installations in carefully chosen landmark locations, featuring a chain-link cage, a foil-wrapped "child," and harrowing audio of real-life kids sobbing. It called for an end to the suffering of over 3,000 migrant children who remain penned like animals in cages, sleeping alone under 68-cent blankets in freezing cells in US Border Patrol custody.
