“We risked our lives to come here”
My name is Ali and I’m 17 years old. I’m from Afghanistan and I’m a refugee in Sweden. First of all, let me start by telling you why people flee from their home countries. One of the reasons may be that some people lack human rights. In Afghanistan, there was a war that lasted for several years. The war became worse during the summer, so that’s why I left my family at the age of 13. Continue reading ““We risked our lives to come here””
Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“My family was happy to know that I was still alive”
My name is Farhad, I’m 18 years old and I come from Afghanistan.
I had a very difficult life in Iran, because I did not have a residence permit there. When I was 14 I was quite tall and the police had there Eyes on me. I was’nt alowed to attend school and I could not play with other children.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I just want to live my life just like everyone else”
My name is Mansour and I’m 19 years old from Afghanistan.
Even when I was 10 years old, I felt like I was a little different compared to other children, but I dared not tell my family. I discovered that this issue was also forbidden in Iran. I could not stay there either, so I had to flee from Sweden to seek asylum.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“The bed i sleep in does not belong to me”
My name is Hassan from Afghanistan. When I lived in Afghanistan with my family, my dad had a problem with a party called “Vahdati”. He had to hide somewhere.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I miss my homeland”
“My Children”
“I wish peace to the whole world”
“I was born in a wrong country”
“Happy child”
