Asylum Seekers

By Juan Rodulfo

"Humans are the only species on earth that hunts, tortures and murders to their equals for pleasure."

What's wrong with us? In Asylum Seekers, Juan Rodulfo doesn't offer comfort - he builds a case. This is a researched, plain-spoken report on the global refugee crisis, written by a man who lived it.

Rodulfo fled Venezuela in 2014 with his wife and seven-year-old daughter, leaving behind parents, siblings, and a country collapsing under a regime he calls a dictatorship. While his family crossed through Colombia and Mexico toward the United States, he watched Elysium - the story of a wealthy space station locked to the poor of a ruined Earth - and realized it wasn't science fiction. It was the border.

Part reference, part testimony, Asylum Seekers gathers the facts the headlines skip:

America - the U.S. system, the "Caravans," detention centers, and the immigration courts.Europe and Africa - the EU, France, the UK, and the death toll in the Mediterranean.Oceania and Asia - the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: who they are, why they flee, and its scale.Venezuela - human-rights reports, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, U.S. sanctions, and executive orders.Bureaucracy - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1965 Immigration Act, and asylum in Europe, South Africa, and Australia.

If you want the full picture of why millions are walking toward borders - and what waits for them when they arrive - this is the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1730884636
• ISBN13: 9781730884634
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"