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The headlines about Europe's migration crisis have now subsided, though theycontinue to influence the political agenda all over the continent. Though thereare moments when the human reality cuts through, as with the shocking picture ofbaby Alan Kurdi's body on the beach, for the most part the individual stories are lostamid the hysteria over cutting migrant numbers and shutting the doors of FortressEurope. More than 25,000 migrants have died in their attempt to reach or stay in Europesince 2000.More than 5,000 migrants lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean andAegean seas in 2016 - they were drowned, suffocated or crushed during thecrossing.In 2017 over 3000 migrants lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean.Award-winning journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai specializes in communicating poignanthuman stories that many people find it convenient to keep out of sight and out ofmind. She travels to meet migrants and asylum-seekers who have just been washedup on the shores of Lampedusa or Sicily and have been absorbed into dismalreception camps.While journalists ordinarily pitch up in such places and file their colour pieces beforemoving on to the next hot topic, Hsiao-Hung follows through, staying in touch withsome of those she encounters - many of them children - throughout their journeys:into mainland Italy, to Germany where they face harassment from far-right groups,and to the appalling conditions in the camps on the coast of northwest France.These personal stories of individuals break apart the false distinction between""refugees"" and ""migrants"", between ""those seeking refuge"" and ""those wanting abetter life"", a distinction that has resulted in denying many people of their humanrights.

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'If we are living in a world that keeps creating refugees, and then rejecting those refugees, we have to honour writers such as hsiaohungpai for shining a light on this madness and refusing to look away' Benjamin Zephaniah; 'A devastating indictment of Europe's brutal treatment of migrants & refugees. Angry, compassionate, and committed reporting from one of the finest investigative journalists.' Matthew Carr, author of Fortress Europe

For Angry White People (2016): Hsiao-Hung Pai has an engaging way with her journalism. . . . The virtue of Pai's work is that, because she has many conversations and reproduces them at length, complexity is uncovered - John Lloyd, Financial Times. Extraordinary research - Andrew Marr, BBC Radio.For Scattered Sand (2013): Hsiao-Hung Pai's intrepid journalism is one of the most revealing guides to contemporary China. - Pankaj Mishra, author ofFrom the Ruins of Empire

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Hsiao-Hung Pai is an investigative journalist whose main areas of interest are migration and labour, women and feminism and nationalism. She writes for the Guardian, Chinese Weekly, UK Chinese Times, Feminist Review (UK), Socialist Review (UK), Open Democracy (UK), Southern Weekend (China), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and Mass Age (Taiwan), among others. She lives in London and this is her fifth book.

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