BOSNIA | Refugees and the Value of White Lies
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 05:11PM 
Sarajevo's Old Town. By Mattias007 / CC.
WITNESS | Daniel J Gerstle, HELO Magazine, June 2011
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On World Refugee Day - and as the Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee, Ratko Mladic, is arraigned in The Hague - we at HELO Magazine offer you an unusually frank look back at the US refugee resettlement process for Bosnians. Threatened with violence in their home countries, millions of refugees around the world struggle to survive. Some believe starting over in a new nation is their only hope. Would you lie to get a US visa? What if you were the lie detector sitting on the other side of the desk, how would you decide who deserves a new life? This short story is a composite of true events. Names have been changed.
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Where did you live when the war began? When did they first come to your home? How many times did they hit you? How much money did they steal? How many times did they rape you? Tell me everything and I will write it down...Go here for the full story.
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