{"id":43214,"date":"2013-12-18T14:13:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T12:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=43214"},"modified":"2013-12-18T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T12:13:25","slug":"floating-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=43214","title":{"rendered":"FLOATING ISLANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78803665\" width=\"922\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"FLOATING ISLANDS\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Millions of people abandon their countries each year in search of a better life, from Africa to Europe, the Caribbean to the United States, North to South Korea. In transit their status and human rights become negligible as they become illegal immigrants. What motivates them is usually universal; poverty, war, fear. 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