“I was around 15, playing football with the kids from my neighborhood, when a jeep suddenly pulled up. Armed men stepped out and forced us into the back of the vehicle. I was terrified — I knew they were members of Al Shabaab.”
Ismail from Somalia
“I was 14 when the Revolution began in Sudan. Protests filled the country, and I was there. I saw snipers aim and fire into the crowd, informants moving among us, and bodies floating in the river. No
one cared about our lives.”
Saeed from Sudan
“I’m an Iranian Kurd. I spent three years in a camp where soldiers promised to train me as a boxer — but their real goal was to turn me into a fighter. Life there felt like prison. Every six months, I could call my family for just two minutes, always watched. ”
Aram from Kurdistan
“I can still feel the fear that ran through my body when thieves
attacked our group. Together with a friend, I managed to run and hide in the forest. It happened in Greece, just after we had crossed the border from Turkey.”
Zakarias from Afghanistan