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‘I lost everything – then Britain gave me a life’: Refugees who risked it all to flee war-torn homelands tell their stories
They came across in packed boats, some were chased out of their homes by machine-gun-wielding men others and another sent here by his mom when he was just six.
Now refugees have described escaping their war-torn countries to find safety and freedom on British soil.
The British Red Cross traveled up and down the country during Refugee Week to give a voice to asylum seekers who owe this country so much.
They heard how Mohammed crossed treacherous seas in a small boat crammed with 50 people, while Henry, a 93-year-old Jewish German, came to the UK as a child on the kinder transport.
When Marzia left Afghanistan she was a court judge and in Kenya, Jacob was a professional footballer.
Whether in Liverpool, Bristol, London, Glasgow or Oldham, these people have all experienced the immense challenge of moving to a new country, growing up among unfamiliar cultures and creating a new life from nothing.
The resettlement of refugees has long been a part of British history and in a series of intimate conversations, they tell of their impressions of their new home and hopes for the future.
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