I Just Wanted to Save My Family: A Memoir

Author(s): Stéphan Pélissier; Adriana Hunter (Translator)

Biography & Memoir

For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stephan Pelissier 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, Zena, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare- Pelissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum-legally-in France, Pelissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. I Just Wanted to Save My Family offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.

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  • : 9781635420180
  • : Other Press, LLC
  • : Other Press, LLC
  • : 0.283042
  • : March 2021
  • : .625 Inches X 5.25 Inches X 8 Inches
  • : books

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  • : Stéphan Pélissier; Adriana Hunter (Translator)
  • : Paperback
  • : 256