I like to cook food, especially sweet things

AMSadmin — Wed, 23 May 2018 10:43:34 +0000

Zubaida abdo is 40 years old, from Mosul, Iraq
I came to Denmark in 2015. I go to school twice a week but I am ill from a head injury I got in Iraq. I got married when I was 15 years old. Our family fled together to Turkey when ISIS came and took control of our town. We stayed there for a year. Then we sailed with inflatable boats from Izmir in Turkey to Lesbos in Greece, and we reached Denmark in 2015. We were placed at asylum center Sandholm, and then at the asylum camp in Helsingør. After that, we were placed at Bornholm.
I like to cook food, especially sweet things. The boss in Red Cross Bornholm always asked me to make food and dessert when there was an event. After 1 year and five months in the camp, we got rejected couldn’t stay here. But, our case went to court, and we were granted resident permit.
I get treatments for my psycological problems, because when we were in Mosul, I saw ISIS commit many crimes, so I see a psychologist here in Denmark. In the municipality we have a Sunday café, and I usually make food for that, but my illness is worse now, so I cant make it right now. My family is very big and I have to cook for them, and it makes me very tired.
I felt very tired on the way from Greece to Germany, because we walked most of the way. I felt like I wanted to die because it was so hard. It was a miserable situation.

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, iraq, refugee, helsingør, mosul

When we were in Helsingør we felt like a new life was waiting for us

AMSadmin — Wed, 23 May 2018 10:40:52 +0000

Mohammed Abdo is 41 years old, from Iraq
I work as a janitor at Hørsholm stadium. In Iraq I studied until 8th grade, and after that I worked as a chauffeur. Then I opened my own shop where I sold mobile phones. My life was beautiful.
ISIS came and took occupation of Mosul, they started killing everybody, so we escaped through Syria to Turkey. In Turkey I worked as a translator because I speak Turkish, Kurdish and Arabic. The people there treated us very bad because they didn’t like the refugees there. We were afraid that the Turkish authorities would send us back to Iraq. There are no human rights in Turkey, so we all went by inflatable boat to Greece, from Izmir to Lesbos. We wanted to go to Finland but the police caught us in Denmark, so we were sent to asylum center in Denmark. We were sent to Sandholm, then asylum camp in Helsingør, and then finally to Bornholm. After a year and a half we got rejection of our case, but then it went to court and we were granted resident permit.
We want to thank Denmark very much because we have been treated in a very good way. When we were in Helsingør we felt like a new life was waiting for us. I want to say that all Arab people wish to work. I fould a job and so did my son. We do not want to get welfare, but we want to support our own families. I found a job since I came here, even when we were in the camp. I worked with maintenance in a hotel, and got a certificate.

Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: a million stories, denmark, iraq, refugee, family reunification, helsingør

helsingør – A Million Stories

I like to cook food, especially sweet things

When we were in Helsingør we felt like a new life was waiting for us