My Fourth Time, We Drowned

My Fourth Time, We Drowned
by Sally Hayden

"Irish and European Union treatment of other refugees and asylum seekers from the most impoverished and conflict torn regions of Middle East and Africa has been in marked contrast with our genuine humanitarian response to Ukrainian refugees. Sally Hayden’s book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned documents the shocking reality that our European Union has abandoned its duties to rescue the drowning and provide asylum for refugees of all ethnic backgrounds." - Edward Horgan, Peace Activist

‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ Sally Rooney, Author

This book follows the shocking experiences of refugees seeking sanctuary, but it also surveys the bigger picture: the negligence of NGOs and corruption within the United Nations. The economics of the twenty-first-century slave trade and the EU’s bankrolling of Libyan militias. The trials of people smugglers, the frustrations of aid workers, the loopholes refugees seek out and the role of social media in crowdfunding ransoms. Who was accountable for the abuse? Where were the people finding solutions? Why wasn’t it being widely reported?

At its heart, this is a book about people who have made unimaginable choices, risking everything to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.

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