“I was on my way to my death”
My name is Khaled and come from Mosul in Iraq. I lived a regular life until the country became insecure and there was no future for me. I studied and worked during the summer. Then Isis entered the city of Mosul and it was not possible to live there anymore and I had to flee. I first fled to Syria and then to Turkey. I fled alone.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“Dad if I die in the sea, I will tell God that it was your fault”
My name is Rashid and I’m a Palestinian born in Damascus. I have lived 9 months in Sweden.
In Syria I lived an ordinary life. I studied and worked in a plastic factory. My family decided to leave the country because of the war. To create a future. As Palestinians we did’nt have a citizenship in Syria.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I will never forget these three days in the boat”
“It was difficult to breathe and to be completely quiet”
My name is Tariq, I’m 23 years old and come from Syria. Today I live in Malmö.
I lived in a city called Dara. I studied and worked at the same time. I finished high school and I wanted to go to college, but there was no security in the country so it did’nt work.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I survived”
My name is Josef and I come from Damascus in Syria.
I was born in the Yarmuk refugee camp and studied in UNRWA schools in Syria. Then I studied Economics at Damascus University. As a youth, I was politically active about the Palestinian issue. I was imprisoned several times by the Syrian government because of my political activities. I traveled to Saudi Arabia for 4 years to work as an economist, and then I moved back to Syria. I got married and got 4 Children.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I decided to escape to help my family”
“There is always something missing”
Poetry of Soraya:
When you emigrate
When you emigrate, you leave your roots in your home country
The foreigners sit down like a tick in your throat
and reminds you in time and time that you are a stranger
It does not matter if you are new or old in the new country
There is always something missing, some, some
Something has been lost on the way …
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“Life was hard”
My name is Pedram and I come from Iran.
I’m 27 years old. I have been in Sweden for 13 months. I am married and at the moment I study SFI. In Iran, I lived with my family and friends. I was fine because I lived in a small town. The economy and unemployment were no problem. I had a good situation in Iran. I studied electrical engineering at the university.
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Dublin Core: Language: sv Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden