Doro

Doro: Refugee, hero, champion, survivor

By Brendan Woodhouse and Doro Ģoumãňęh£18.99 + Shipping
Status: published
Publication Date: 22.06.2023Available
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About The Book

‘This is Doro and he is beautiful.’

So begins the extraordinary story of Doro Ģoumãňęh, who faced an unimaginable series of adversities on his journey from persecution in The Gambia to refuge in France.

Doro was once a relatively prosperous fisherman, but in 2014, when the country’s fishing rights were stolen and secret police began arresting Gambian fishermen, Doro left home, fleeing for his life. From Senegal to Libya to Algeria and back to Libya, Doro fell victim to the horrific cycle of abuse targeted at refugees. He endured shipwrecks, torture and being left for dead in a mass grave. Miraculously, he survived.

In 2019, during one of his many attempts to reach Europe, Doro was rescued by the boat Sea-Watch 3 in the Mediterranean, where he met volunteer Brendan Woodhouse. While waiting out a two-week standoff – floating off the coast of Sicily, as political leaders accused Sea-Watch, a German organisation that helps migrants, of facilitating illegal entry to Europe – a great friendship formed.

Told through both Doro’s and Brendan’s perspectives, Doro touches on questions of policy and politics, brutality and bravery, survival and belonging – issues that confront refugees everywhere. But ultimately it is one man's incredible story – that of Doro: refugee, hero, champion, survivor and friend.

Doro is a story of humanity, joy and hope. The story of hardship and bravery that overcomes the demonisation of refugees by the media and many politicians. The story stands alongside so many grim periods of history that blamed the victims of injustice; theirs is the real tale of humanity and heroism in the 21st century’ Jeremy Corbyn

When politicians talk about the “migrant crisis”, too often they ignore the people at the heart of that crisis – the people who are forced to flee their homes to seek sanctuary in far-off lands. This powerful book tells that very human story: It’s a tale of survival and friendship, reminding us that the decisions of distant policymakers can shape – and destroy – people’s lives. Our world would be a better place if more politicians took this book’s message to heart
Zarah Sultana

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