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Join us to celebrate the new Murdoch Stephens book. "Visas Now! : Aotearoa’s response to global refugee emergencies" zooms in on the high-stakes, one-off intakes of Syrians, Afghans and Ukrainians in the past decade. The book also includes nine people who share how their communities came together to seek emergency refugee intakes, including some whose calls went unanswered. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in solidarity and advocating for humanitarian protection in a time of crisis.Foreword by Ibrahim Omer; featuring reflections on emergency intakes from former refugees and community members; including Behrouz Boochani, Rabia Talal Almbaid, Batool Arif and Dr Arif Ali, Dr Tariq Habibyar, Kate Turska, and Rizwangul NurMuhammad; and photographs by photographs by Ehsan Hazaveh.
Murdoch Stephens founded the successful Double the Refugee Quota campaign in 2013. Since then he has worked as a researcher and policy expert for universities and not-for-profits. He is an author, publisher and Fulbright Scholar. His previous non-fiction includes the 2018 book "Doing Our Bit: the campaign to double the refugee quota".
Visas Now! can also be pre-ordered here : https://leftequator.github.io/
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Unity Books Wellington, 61 Willis St, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand,Wellington, New Zealand
