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A boy who had to give up his childhood

David Morrissey tells us about his journey to Cairo, where he met refugees from Syria, Somalia and Sudan.

UK for UNHCR communications officer Genna AlTai tells us about her best friend – who was forced to flee Tbilisi in Georgia.

From being forced to flee to flying airplanes, Maya Ghazal embodies the spirit and resilience of refugees in the UK.

Shazia’s definition of ‘A refugee is…’ honours her grandmother, Roshan, who came to the UK as a refugee from Tanzania in 1979.

Born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents, Mevan Babakar was exposed to the uprisings in Iraq, together with genocide against the Kurdish community.

Shazia’s definition of ‘A refugee is…’ honours her grandmother, Roshan, who came to the UK as a refugee from Tanzania in the early 1970s.