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Expatswe are calledwe like to be calledwe call ourselveswith our life in our handsand no special coverage in the news.

No, we are not migrantsasylum seekersrefugeestheir life not their ownand the papers filled with themlike a camp.

But how many of usare in need of refugeonly with an unspoken modifierprofessionaleducationalculturallifestyle.

How many of us are displaced by lifeforced to migrate abroad to seek refugefrom false startswrong turnsdead ends.

We find refugefor a time or for lifewhether we deserve it or not.

We never have to drownshiverfearstarvedisbelievethe high pitch e at the endmaking all the differencein the world.