In a refreshing departure from usual ethnographic accounts of refugee camps, The Migrant Diaries, by Lynne Jones, is made up of the author's diary entries from five years of working with refugees in Italy, Greece, France, and Mexico interspersed with narratives from migrant children. Through painstakingly detailed diary entries and migrant accounts, Jones brings three-dimensionality to a crisis often treated with broad strokes. This book's strength lies in Jones's descriptions of the failures of nongovernmental organization (NGO)- and state-led humanitarianism. She shows how migrants and independent volunteers in refugee camps in Italy, Greece, and France filled the gaps left by professional organizations, creating schools, libraries, food distribution programs, and family centers. Jones's exploration of this independent and decentralized response to the refugee crisis suggests that humanitarian work should perhaps not be left to professional institutions. Each person, she argues, is capable of offering care and support, even in dire circumstances.

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书评：布伦娜·弗利的移民日记

与通常的难民营人种学描述不同，移民日记令人耳目一新由琳恩·琼斯 (Lynne Jones) 撰写，由作者在意大利、希腊、法国和墨西哥与难民一起工作五年的日记组成，其中穿插着移民儿童的叙述。通过精心细致的日记条目和移民账户，琼斯为经常用粗笔画处理的危机带来了三个维度。这本书的力量在于琼斯对非政府组织 (NGO) 和国家主导的人道主义失败的描述。她展示了意大利、希腊和法国难民营中的移民和独立志愿者如何填补专业组织留下的空白，创建学校、图书馆、食品分发计划和家庭中心。琼斯的 对这种对难民危机的独立和分散反应的探索表明，人道主义工作也许不应该留给专业机构。她认为，每个人都有能力提供关怀和支持，即使在严峻的情况下。