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"The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake...
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Film Movement volume 3, film 11
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Slovenian
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Hard-drinking, chain-smoking Ludvik spends his nights smuggling illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi is his new assistant. Together they cope with life in a rundown town, home to the only nuclear power plant in former Yugoslavia.
44) Coyote
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English
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Two best friends stumble into an opportunity when a Mexican pal, recently deported, needs their help to get back across the border. The guys see it as a chance to corner the market by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country.
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Español
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Tierra Nueva, a place all immigrants must cross on their journey to the United States. Don Raul and his sons control the passing of everyone across the region and they transport innocent people under inhumane conditions. A local inspector decides to bring the matter to federal authorities; the authorities will assign the case to "Comandate" Lara who must bring to justice the criminals at any price.
49) Tattoo of death
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Choose your own adventure volume 159
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English
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"When you become friends with two slimy students in your martial arts class, you are soon lured into the dangerous Red Flowers gang. Thugs who smuggle innocent people into the United States, then force them into slavery. You're in deep, the ugly flower tattoo on your arm proves that, but you are determined to stop these deadly deals, unless the Red Flowers stop you first"--Cover.
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"The Weight of Numbers intertwines the lives of three people: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the secular beauty of numbers; soap actress Stacey Chavez, whose teenage celebrity has faded, leaving her hungry for fame and starved of love; and Saul Cogan, transformed from Sixties prankster to murderous people-trafficker. All three are unwittingly bound by the figure of Nick Jinks, a drifter who brings horror and death wherever he goes."--...
52) 7 soles
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Español
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El Negro gets hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States. When he claims this will be his last trip because he wants out of the business, his superiors become suspicious and send a younger smuggler to keep an eye on him. The two fight during the troubled crossing, and eventually lose part of their human cargo. El Negro now finds himself on the run from his former associates and the law.
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Arabic
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Sara Mardini, once a competitive swimmer in Syria, became Europe's most celebrated refugee after saving 18 people's lives. After working as a rescue volunteer in the Mediterranean, she is accused of people smuggling and faces a 25-year prison sentence. We follow her fight for justice and journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of Europe's refugee 'crisis.'
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Arabic
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The events of this novel are sandwiched between the suicide of Jamal, a young man torn between different identities, in the opening pages, and the suicide of Mimi, an African girl who has survived a massacre in her country, at the end of the novel. They take place in an imagined small town called Shining Sun on the southwestern border of America, where the illegal smuggling of workers and immigrants is a daily occurrence. Longlisted for the 2023 International...
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Español
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Tres jóvenes emprenden una dura travesía, de los barrios bajos de Guatemala hacia los Estados Unidos, con la esperanza de alcanzar una vida mejor. En su camino encontrarán una serie de adversidades que los llevará a descubrir lecciones de vida y supervivencia y a comprender la fuerza de la amistad.
A road movie about teenage Guatemalan immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
58) Europa w zimie
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Fractured Europe sequence volume 3
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Polish
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"Rudi, były szef kuchni, który został szpiegiem, powraca z misją odkrycia prawdy o podzielonej Europie. Zawiązano unię ze Wspólnotą, która jest teraz największym państwem w Europie. Rozpoczął się okres bezprecedensowego pokoju i dobrobytu. Jaki jest więc powód wściekłości terrorystów? Dlaczego przedstawiciele Wspólnoty i krajów europejskich spotykają się potajemnie, wymieniając zakładników? I kim są Les Coureurs des Bois?...
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English
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"When a Cuban man is killed on a New York street, the investigation leads to Havana and the man known as Palinov running an alien smuggling ring. Pete Karczag is the immigration detective assigned to the case in Havana. To infiltrate the ring, he poses as a Hungarian refugee desperate to gain passage to America. While negotiating his trip, he meets and falls for beautiful Marianne Lorress, who is also hoping to make the illegal journey. It's a Latin...