The language of human migration

asylum-seeker

person who, having escaped a madhouse, is put into one

Brain Drain

popular game show in Eastern Europe where winners, invariably skilled, get to live in the West

customs

quaint national tradition of not letting anyone in

emPLOY

to promise work to young female migrants before forcing them to become sex workers

NoMad

acting with sanity, moving from poverty to opportunity

traffic jam

smuggling 25 people in a 6-person van

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