In 'Refugee Blues', what do 'old passports' symbolize?

Hope for the future

A connection to one's country

An inability to return home

A means of travel

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C. An inability to return home

Old passports symbolize an inability to return home as they can no longer provide legitimate identity or safety for the refugees.

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