One part is you always asking yourself why it happened to you. And another part is, you are feeli

ng hopeful because youare at least far from the government, and they cannot kill you,” says Aram Shariati (33), an asylum seeker from Kurdistan. He explains how he shared videos with a journalist which the government had kept from the public. When they found out, he was forced to flee. The journey to the UK was terrible:“It’s like playing with your life.”Aram is living in Glasgow while his asylum claim is processed. People there are “very nice” but not being allowed to work is difficult:It makes me so depressed because I’m not that kind of people who are staying at home. I used to work, I used to communicate.” Aram has developed thyroid cancer“It was unbelievable […] I’m just 33 years old and I’m sure it’s just because of the stress.”But thoughts of his family and hopes of working again motivate him “My dream is living in a small city, with good people, a normal job… Just that.” Full Story