'Remarkable, balanced, intelligent' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Strong in its condemnations and unflinching in its gaze, Human Cargo is also rich in humanity and examples of the indomitable nature of the human spirit' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

'Caroline Moorehead knows how to grip the reader's attention and haunt their dreams' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Compelling...A deft mixture of history, travelogue and reportage. A powerful, heartfelt and important book' LITERARY REVIEW

Human Cargo is a remarkable oral testament Caroline Moorehead has visited war zones, camps and prisons from Guinea and Afghanistan to Texas and Italy. She has interviewed emigration officers and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva while investigating the fates of the 17 million people currently displaced from their homes. How can society cope with this diaspora of the twenty-first century? Is there a difference between 'good' asylum seekers and 'bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down? The difficult questions are asked, the horrible issues faced. But, above all, Human Cargo celebrates the courage and will to survive shown by ordinary human beings.

 Prologue  The Lost Boys of Cairo

 Part One  A View of History

 Chapter One  The Homeless and the Rightless

 Part Two  Leaving

Chapter Two  The Extracomunitari: Sicily's Boat People

Chapter Three  The Fence: The Migrants of San Diego

          and Tijuana

Part Three  Arriving

Chapter Four  Fair Go: Australia and Mandatory Detention

Chapter Five  Newcastle and the Politics of Dispersal

  Chapter Six  Little Better Than Cockroaches: Guinea's

          Long-term Camps

Chapter Seven  The Corridors of Memory: The Naqba

          and the Palestinians of Lebanon

Chapter Eight  The Illness of Exile

Part Four  Afterwards

Chapter Nine  Going Home: Afghanistan

 Chapter Ten  Dead Dreams: The Dinkas of Oulu

 Epilogue  A Mode of Being

         Acknowledgments

         Sources

         Index