Refugee lives
Stories from refugees in Germany
I am am 27 years old. I come from Algeria. My country is a beautiful country. Life there is very difficult. To have work in my country, you need good contacts. Without contacts there is no good work. Not every job suits you. And you also have to take work that doesn’t suit you at all in order to survive. Continue reading “Just like any normal person”
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We were a happy family: my parents, my sister and three brothers. Our happy time and our beautiful life passed normally. I went to kindergarten and school. I was eight years old. Then my mother died. She was very ill. My father is a teacher. He earned too little. The illness was: she always had to go to the toilet, diarrhoea. My father lived in another town. There was his work. My sister and we brothers were still too young to be alone. My sister’s name is Lina. My sister helped my mother. In Bangladesh there was no telephone at that time. We could not talk on the phone. Our neighbours were a little poorer. They did not help us. Continue reading “We’ve been a happy family”
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My life began quite normally. I finished my university, after studying for six years. After my graduation, I worked in the university. I was looking for a job that matched my qualifications and experience. In 2011 I started working as an accountant. Later I was promoted. I worked in a large company near my home. I enjoyed going to work. After a while I was given more responsibility because the company realized that I could achieve more. Continue reading “Maybe my pen is my only weapon”
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My name is Merita Krasniqi, I come from Kosovo and I am 37 years old. The country is a very beautiful country, but it is very weak economically. I was a housewife in Kosovo, like many women. I was married and took care of the household. I couldn’t work because I couldn’t afford the trip to the capital. Continue reading “The dream of an own child”
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I fled my home country because my son is very ill. I come from Albania, there was no possibility to have him treated there. I often went to the hospital, he was constantly receiving medication that numbed him, unfortunately his condition did not improve. He has many allergies. Continue reading “This is my story”
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Most people have a false impression of the situation in my country. They think that when other countries interfere, something improves, but it only makes it worse.
I fled for political reasons. No one can stand the violence and the unfair treatment and no one can oppose it. The political situation in Syria has always been critical, but it was only after the revolution that the way of punishment became worse. There was either eternal imprisonment or death penalty. Continue reading “What you see is not always the truth”
My name is Midyan, I am 32 years old and come from Iran. Originally I am a Kurd from the West of Iran. In Iran I studied graphic design, I would have liked to do my master but I had to flee. I had to leave my home country for political reasons. I love my homeland, I think all people do that. Continue reading “Foreign homeland”
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My name is Amal and I come from Syria. When we came here we were happy. I have three children, all are married. We came to Germany because of the war in Syria. Continue reading “I lost my husband”
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Majdeddin Ahmed is a 31 year old man from Idib, Syria. He now lives in Germany.
I live a beautiful life in Europe. I’m from Syria. In 1998 I moved to Kuwait and in 2005 I moved back to Syria. I studied in a university to be an Arabic teacher, but because of the war, I couldn’t get a certificate. During the war I left to Lebanon and then Turkey and then Greece. And from there to Germany since 2015. Continue reading “I’m learning German and working as a janitor”
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My name is Zinar Rojhilat, I am 23 years old and come from Iran. Everyone is aware of the major problems with the state, politics and religion in Iran. We live as Kurds and Sunnites in a minority. Most people in Iran are Shiites, they don’t want Sunnites in Iran. Continue reading “The end of inequality”
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