Ethnic/Racial Persecution
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Ca Saw · Myanmar
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Nezia · Burundi
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Lark Escobar · United States
![Andrea](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Andrea.jpg)
Andrea Osorio · Colombia
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Sonam · Tibet
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Norina · Afghanistan
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Wilmot & Maddie Collins · Liberia
I'm Here To Listen
Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana
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Pat · A West African Country
The Journey: My Heart Felt Dead
So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!
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Rohingya Child - Unaccompanied Children · Myanmar
Arrival: Physical Health
"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."
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Stateless Refugees - Cox Bazaar · Myanmar
Arrival: Limbo
"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."
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Rohingya Children · Myanmar
Stateless and Homeless Through Birth
The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope
![Linar and her family, from Afghanistan](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/028-LS-family-3589-BOOK-smaller.jpg)
Linar · Afghanistan
We Were Stuck Between Two Patrols
We only had enough to get this far, here in Greece. Now we’re stuck.
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Afghanistan
I Was Tortured Three Times
We decided to leave and sold everything we had; there is no way back.
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Iran
I Brought my Koran and Prayer Rug with Me
We left Iran because we are Afghans.
![Michael Best](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/121-KB-Michael-Best-0502-3-compressed.jpg)
A West African Country
“Dad, Where Are You Taking Me?”
My story is very sad.
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A West African Country
“We Tried to Protect Our Village”
I turn off the video … so they won’t feel sad.
![Pat](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/114-KB-Pat-0447-compressed.jpg)
Pat · A West African Country
The Journey: My Life Was at Risk
I said, “God, I left my country because I don’t want to die and now people are dying in the desert.”
![Nasira](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Nasira.jpg)
Iran
For the Safety of Our Children
Wife, mother of three. Now a refugee seeking a better future for her family.