La Sorpresa: Heart-Wrenching Video Illustrates Immigrant Experience The Huffington Post
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LA SORPRESA: Dedicado a todos los que están lejos. (www.youmaykiss.tv)

As final boarding calls screech through airport speakers and tourists whiz by with overpacked luggages, many families embrace in tearful but inevitable good-byes with loved ones with no return trip home.

In a viral video titled “The Surprise: Dedicated To Everyone Who Is Far Away,” two Spanish immigrants capture the sorrow of the farewell but also the happiness of seeing their parents after moving to Mexico two and half years ago.

Esther, 30, and Jorge, 34, embody the life of hundreds of young Spaniards who are forced to migrate due to the economic crisis in their country. Both moved from Valencia to Puerto Morelos, Mexico in search of employment.

“Finally we return. We want to dedicate this video to all who have left their country and have fought for change. And to experience the emotion of a mother when she gets to hug her son or daughter again,” the video’s narrator tells viewers.

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