A Book Talk With Sally Hayden

What happens when you become "no one?" A number at best. A body, to be shuffled around from one detention center to another. Something to be managed, locked up, negotiated, sold, beaten, used, and abused.

Sally’s book is terrifying as much as it is inspiring. Through secret WhatsApp massages from migrants in Lybia, she unfolds the entire story of the real dangers at sea and the lives of migrants stuck in Libyan detention centers.

Now that the far right has won in Italy and that the anti-immigrant voices are getting louder across the globe, it is essential to understand why people move, how they move, and what truly causes the worst of human suffering. A look inside the detention camps behind European “closed borders” will give you a better sense of how current policies impact people’s lives.

Please join me for a conversation at the Center on Forced Displacement with…