Iranian migrant deported at Catem: ‘This is like a prison’

Cyrus, the name with which we will call an Iranian immigrant, has been living for 39 days in the Temporary Care Center for Migrants (Catem), in Corridors of Puntarenas. The only sure thing these days is that he has access to electricity, drinking water, food and roof. However Cyrus, deported along with his partner by Donald Trump's government, does not know what he will do tomorrow; because returning to his country is a death sentence.Sitting on…

In a stunningly beautiful film, steeped in emotion, Alireza Ghasemi and Raha Amirfazli trace the fate of three refugees from an Afghan family in Iran, a country that prefers hostility to hospitality, despite official rhetoric. In the Land of Our Brothers illustrates with melancholic lucidity the universality of brutality toward one's neighbor. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," said Matthew. I don't know if this companion o…