02518cam a2200409 4500 1297890440 TxAuBib 20180924120000.0 160701s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016019359 9781620972632 trade ; alk. paper 1620972638 trade ; alk. paper DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib McDonald-Gibson, Charlotte. Cast away : true stories of survival from Europe's refugee crisis / Charlotte McDonald-Gibson. New York : The New Press, 2016. xiv, 336 p. : map ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-333). Publisher's Weekly, July 2016. Kirkus Starred, July 2016. Booklist, August 2016. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. "In 2015, more than one million migrants and refugees, most fleeing war-torn countries in Africa and the Middle East, attempted to make the perilous journey into Europe. Around three thousand lost their lives as they crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean in rickety boats provided by unscrupulous traffickers, including over seven hundred men, women, and children in a single day in April 2015. ... Cast Away describes the agonizing stories and the impossible decisions that migrants have to make as they head toward what they believe is a better life: a pregnant Eritrean woman, four days overdue, chooses to board an obviously unsafe smuggler's ship to Greece; a father, swimming from a sinking ship, has to decide whether to hold on to one child or let him go to save another. Veteran journalist Charlotte McDonald-Gibson offers a vivid, on-the-ground glimpse of the pressures and hopes that drive individuals to risk their lives"--Amazon.com. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20180924. Refugees Europe. Refugees Mediterranean Region. Refugees Legal status, laws, etc Europe. Refugees Legal status, laws, etc. Europe Emigration and immigration History 21st century. Europe Immigration and emigration History. Mediterranean Region Emigration and immigration History 21st century. Mediterranean Region Immigration and emigration History.