My Fourth Time, We Drowned

ISBN: 9780008445614
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Publisher,4th Estate
Publication Date,
Format, Paperback
Weight, 340 g
No. of Pages, 512

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE

WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ SALLY ROONEY


The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating human rights disasters in history.

In August 2018, Sally Hayden received a Facebook message. 'Hi sister Sally, we need your help,' it read. 'We are under bad condition in Libya prison. If you have time, I will tell you all the story.' More messages followed from more refugees. They told stories of enslavement and trafficking, torture and murder, tuberculosis and sexual abuse. And they revealed something else: that they were all incarcerated as a direct result of European policy.

From there began a staggering investigation into the migrant crisis across North Africa. This book follows the shocking experiences of refugees seeking sanctuary, but it also surveys the bigger picture: the negligence of NGOs and corruption within the United Nations. The economics of the twenty-first-century slave trade and the EU's bankrolling of Libyan militias. The trials of people smugglers, the frustrations of aid workers, the loopholes refugees seek out and the role of social media in crowdfunding ransoms. Who was accountable for the abuse? Where were the people finding solutions? Why wasn't it being widely reported?

About the Author

Sally Hayden is an award-winning journalist and photographer focused on migration, conflict and humanitarian crises.

Her first book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, won the 2022 Orwell Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford.

She is currently the Africa correspondent for the Irish Times, and has also worked with VICE NewsCNN International, the Financial TimesTIMEBBC, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the New York TimesChannel 4 NewsForeign PolicyAl Jazeera and Newsweek, among others.

A law graduate with an MSc in international politics, she has twice sat on the committee deciding the winner of Transparency International's Anti-Corruption Award. In 2019, she was included on the Forbes '30 Under 30' list of media in Europe.

 

  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm

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