Migration is not merely a change of country. It is a change of language, references, social codes, and sometimes of the position one once occupied in the world. Something that sustained everyday life — bonds, recognition, familiarity — is lost or transformed. Many people living outside their country of origin describe a form of distress that is difficult to name. It is not simply sadness or anxiety, but a sense of misalignment, of not belonging, of estrangement from oneself a
