Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon?... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life. (Yann Martel)

Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon?... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.

Yann Martel

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