Forced displacement and the experiences of

refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

s, asylum seekers and otherwise forcibly displaced people became of increasing interest in the

popular culture Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a ...

since 2015 with the European migrant crisis.

Books

Fiction

* ''Refugee Tales: Volume II: 2'' by Jackie Kay et al., 2017 * '' Exit West'' by Mohsin Hamid, 2017 * ''Refugee Tales'', by

Ali Smith Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting". Early life and education Smith was born in Inverness on 24 Au ...

et al., 2016 * ''

What Is the What ''What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng'' is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan p ...

'' by

Dave Eggers Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''. Eggers is also the founder of ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', a lite ...

, 2006 * '' Refugee Boy'' by Benjamin Zephaniah, 2001

Children's books

* ''Where Will I Live?'' by Rosemary McCarney, 2017 * ''Stormy Seas. Stories of Young Boat Refugees'' by Mary Beth Leatherdale, 2017 * ''Stepping Stones. A Refugee Family's Journey'' by Margriet Ruurs, 2016 * ''

Refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

'' by

Alan Gratz Alan Michael Gratz (born January 27, 1972) is the author of 17 novels for young adults including ''Prisoner B-3087'', ''Code of Honor'', ''Grenade'', ''Something Rotten'', and ''Refugee''. Alan Gratz was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He holds a ...

, 2016

Poems

* ''Sisters' Entrance'' by Emtithal Mahmoud, 2018

Non-Fiction

* ''The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis'' by Patrick Kingsley, 2017 * ''Cast Away: Stories of Survival from Europe's Refugee Crisis'' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, 2017 * ''Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System'' by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, 2017 * ''Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move'' by Reece Jones, 2017 * '' A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea'' by Melissa Fleming, 2017 * ''Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines'' by Dave Smith, 2016 * ''City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp'' by Ben Rawlence, 2016 * ''The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria'' by Janine di Giovanni, 2016 * ''Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and Development'' by Alexander Betts et al., 2016 * ''The Making of the Modern Refugee'' by Peter Gatrell, 2015 * ''The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee'', by Gulwali Passarlay, 2015 * ''Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees'' by Caroline Moorehead, 2006 * '' They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky'' by Judy A. Bernstein, 2005, is the story three of the

Lost Boys of Sudan The Lost Boys of Sudan refers to a group of over 20,000 boys of the Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups who were displaced or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1987–2005). Two million were killed and others were severely affected by t ...

* '' Escape From Manus,'' 2021 autobiography by '' Jaivet Ealom''

Film

Drama

* ''

The Other Side of Hope ''The Other Side of Hope'' ( fi, Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. In December 2016, it was selected to pla ...

'' by Aki Kaurismäki, 2017 * ''

Pawo In Vajrayana Buddhism, Pawo ( Wylie: ''dpa' bo''; literally "brave guy") is translated ''hero'' or ''warrior''. Depending on context, it can refer to the ideal of a Vajrayana practitioner; to living people (where it is sometimes used as an honorif ...

'' by Marvin Litwak, 2016 * '' Mediterranea'' by Jonas Carpignano, 2015 * ''Ohthes'' by Panos Karkanevatos, 2015 * '' Hope'' by Boris Lojkine, 2014 * ''

The Golden Dream ''The Golden Dream'' ( es, La jaula de oro; literally: "The Cage of Gold") is a 2013 Mexican drama film directed by Spanish-born Mexican director Diego Quemada-Díez.Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

'' by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011 * ''

In This World ''In This World'' is a 2002 British docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film follows two young Afghan refugees, Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, as they leave a refugee camp in Pakistan for a better life in London. Since their jour ...

'' by Michael Winterbottom, 2002 * '' Baran'' by Majid Majidi, 2001 * '' Last Resort'' by Paweł Pawlikowski, 2000

Fantasy

* '' Encanto'' by

Jared Bush Jared Bush (born June 12, 1974) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for co-directing and co-writing the Walt Disney Animation Studios film ''Zootopia'' (2016), writing the film '' Moana'' (2016) and directing and ...

and

Byron Howard Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films '' Bolt'' (2008), ' ...

, 2021

Documentary

* ''Island of the Hungry Ghosts'' by Gabrielle Brady, 2018 * ''Stop the boats'' by Simon V. Kurian, 2018 * ''Watan'' by James L. Brown and Bill Irving, 2018 * '' Human Flow'' by Ai Weiwei, 2017 * ''Warehoused: The forgotten refugees of

Dadaab Dadaab ( so, Dhadhaab) is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 223,420 registered refugees and asylum seekers in three camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo) as of 13 May 2019, making it the third-larges ...

'' by Asher Emmanuel and Vincent Vittorio, 2017 * ''Refugee'' by Alexander J. Farrell, 2017 * ''Re-Calais'' by Yann Moix, 2017 * ''69 Minutes of 86 Days'' by Egil Håskjold Larsen, 2017 * ''Hope Road'' by

Tom Zubrycki Tom Zubrycki (born in London, England, in 1946) is an Australian documentary filmmaker. He is "widely respected as one of Australia's leading documentary filmmakers", according to ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Hi ...

, 2017 * '' Sea Sorrow'' by

Vanessa Redgrave Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Throughout her career spanning over seven decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, tw ...

, 2017 * ''8 Borders, 8 Days'' by Amanda Bailly, 2017 * '' Fire at Sea'' by Gianfranco Rosi, 2016 * ''Ta'ang'' by Wang Bing, 2016 * '' 4.1 Miles'' by Daphne Matziaraki, 2016 * ''Influx'' by Luca Vullo, 2016 * ''The Art of Moving'' by Liliana Dulce Marinho de Sousa, 2016 * ''Between Fences'' by Avi Mograbi, 2016 * ''Stranger in Paradise'' by Guido Hendrikx, 2016 * ''Rifles or Graffiti'' by Jordi Oriola Folch, 2016 * ''Born in Syria'' by Hernán Zin, 2016 * ''The Invisible City: Kakuma'' by Lieven Corthouts, 2016 * ''

Salam Neighbor ''Salam Neighbor'' is a 2015 documentary film by the production companies Living on One Dollar and 1001 MEDIA. The title means "hello" neighbor. The title has a dual meaning as the Arabic word "salam" also means "peace." The film documents the ex ...

'' by Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, 2015 * '' Beats of the Antonov'' by Hajooj Kuka, 2014 * ''On The Bride's Side'' by Antonio Augugliaro et al., 2014 * '' Moving to Mars'' by Mat Whitecross, 2009 * ''

'' by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, 2003

Short film

* ''I am Rebecca'' by Eve Doherty and Kate McCaslin, 2017 * ''I felt it too'' by Iamia Aboukheir, 2017 * ''Only My Voice'' by Myriam Rey, 2017 * ''Refugee'' by Joyce Chen and Emily Moore, 2016 * ''Refugee'' by Adam Tyler, 2016 * '' Lifestories: The Lost Boys of Sudan'' by J.D. Martin, 2008

TV series

* ''Exodus: Our Journey'' was shown on BBC Two in 2017. It started with 3 episodes called ''Exodus: Our Journey to Europe'' and was followed by 3 episodes called ''Exodus: Our Journey Continues''

Theatre

* ''The Claim'' by Tim Cowbury and Mark Maughan, 2017 * ''The Jungle'' by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, 2017 * ''Fireworks'' by Dalia Taha and Richard Twyman, 2015 * ''Refugee Boy'' by Lemn Sissay, 2013 * ''

Refugees A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

'' by Zlatko Topčić, 1999

Painting

* ''

Refugees A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

'' by

Jēkabs Kazaks Jēkabs Kazaks (18 February 1895, in Riga – 30 November 1920, in Riga) was a Latvian modernist painter. Biography Kazaks was born in a relatively meager surroundings and had to struggle to finish his high school education. He studied at th ...

, 1917

References

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Fiction

Children's books

Poems

Non-Fiction

Film

Drama

Fantasy

Documentary

Short film

TV series

Theatre

Painting

See also

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