About Refugees, By Refugees

Wuliboy

…time between work and school. “My dream is to become an engineer,” he says. It’s a dream he’s had since he was young. “I was like football player, basketball player,…

Greis

…in shadows, hidden.” After being nearly killed by an armed group, Greis and her girlfriend left to seek asylum in Spain. She still faces homophobia, but feels happy, motivated and…

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…

Fay Khodaperest

Fay Khodaperest Swedish Iran “I used to dream of my dad coming back or that everything would go back to normal. But it just never did,” says Fay (pseud, 25),…

Lia

Lia Nicaraguan Nicaragua Lia (pseud, 31), dreams of being able to speak German – “to get my certificate from the language.” An asylum seeker from Nicaragua, Lia currently lives in…

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…

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…