My fourth time, we drowned : seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route

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With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden's book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017. It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.

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With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden's book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017. It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.

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Maps -- Prologue: This SIM card is our life -- A note -- Timeline of important events and relevant statistics -- Immigration statistics -- Where it ends and where it begins -- Sudan : through the desert -- Libya : the twenty-first century slave trade -- Ain Zara and Abu Salim : new life and new death -- Libya : escape to Hell -- Triq al Sikka : burned alive -- Disunited nations -- Tunis : the last days of Rome -- Abu Salim : love finds a way -- Khoms Souq al Khamis : a market of human beings -- Sierra Leone : the Temple Run and the left-behind women -- Brussels : migration crisis "over" -- Triq al Sikka : going underground -- Tripoli : war erupts again -- Qasr bin Ghashir and Zawiya : shots fired -- Zintan : Libya's "Guantanamo" -- UNHCR gathering and departure facility : the hotel -- Tajoura : war crimes and war slaves -- Rwanda : a new route to safety -- Tripoli : closing the gathering and departure facility -- The Mediterranean Sea : Fortress Europe -- Addis Ababa : smugglers on trial -- Paris and Berlin : Europe on the dock -- Europe : Home sweet home -- Epilogue : Luxembourg: Kaleb.