Liyah Babayan > Quotes

“There is more to the resettlement of men, women and children than fronting an airplane ticket and hustling refugees, who just survived war and genocide, to the lowest paying job sites. Refugees are human beings, they are not objects, cases, documents or the crisis they escaped. The intention to rescue the whole human, not just the laborer, requires compassionate response to their compounded trauma, experienced violence and the cultural shock of a new country.”
― Liyah Babayan, Liminal: a refugee memoir