About Refugees, By Refugees

Vedran Djurasovic

…with different people and nothing was ever the same,” he remembers. “From that day, I was an outsider.” Eight years ago, he came to Sweden, where he now lives with…

Khashayar Parnoon

Khashayar Parnoon Iranian Iran “My dream is I have my own shop,” says Khashayar Parnoon (29), an Iranian refugee working as a tattoo artist in Sweden. Khashayar left Iran over…

Mr Green

…his home country due to lack of “freedom of life” and discrimination against the LGBTQ community: “It is forbidden from law, and also it’s not acceptable socially.” To get to…

Akbar Akbari

…much a big dream of anything like the past that I was living…I try to cultivate my garden as Voltaire says…I think that can be a good dream to reach.”…

Om majed

…and the fear was immense,” says Om Majed. They are seeking asylum on the island of Lesvos, where “I live with my husband and my four children in a nylon…

Shatoo Amin

…Shatoo Amin, 22. She was four when she left Kurdistan with her family. They first moved to Iran, then to Syria; in 2003 they joined her father in Sweden, where…

Konte

…about not having the right papers to live and work in Germany: “I cannot sleep comfortable because I am always scared… any second they can come and catch me.” His…

Katayon Atayi

…Iran, but after the revolution she was forbidden from teaching. Working instead as a seamstress, she faced political and religious persecution, and was later imprisoned, including physical abuse. She now…