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The Anxious Traveller Files #7: : Alan Burgess on ‘Maximum Vulnerability’ and Being an Illegal Immigrant in America

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Abstract

We present the seventh in a series of interviews conducted by Tom Sykes, author of the new travelogue The Years of Travelling Anxiously. In this instalment, geologist and political activist Alan Burgess talks about an ill-fated American road trip during which he was incarcerated for illegal immigration – and how he coped with it all.
Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationIntrepid Times
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2026

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Travel writing
  • travel anxiety
  • mental disorder
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Immigration
  • United States

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