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Refugee Story

Abdu Wali Kakaie
Abdu Wali Kakaie  ·  Afghanistan

There is Freedom Here, but I Miss My Wife

Catholic Community Services Works to Reunite a Family Separated by War
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Abdifitah  ·  Somalia

I Would Like To Own My Own Business Again

Catholic Community Services helps Somali man with credentials and employment, after reuniting him with his wife.
Alla Mashkey
Alla Mashkey  ·  Ukraine

I’m in a Strange Country with Strange People

A Ukrainian grandmother tells her story of escaping Kharkiv at the start of the Russian invasion
Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre
Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre  ·  Ukraine

We Took Our Own Path

A Nigerian couple, medical doctors, living in Ukraine tell their harrowing story of how they fought to stay together with their three kids.
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Yalda Royan  ·  Afghanistan

Women’s Rights Activist Must Choose to Stay and Die or Leave and Live

Afghan Women Who Stand for Civil Liberties Face Becoming Refugees
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Mykola  ·  Ukraine

I Had Only Five Minutes to Say Goodbye to My Family

I don't know how to shoot. I’ve held a gun once in my life and shot two times, which was a long time ago.
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Anna Sehal  ·  Ukraine

We Needed to Act to Save Our Lives

We didn't want to be brave. We just had no choice.
Mariia
Mariia  ·  Ukraine

We Are a Welcoming Community

When a choir becomes a family
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Shurooq Safaa Al Jewari  ·  Iraq

Being a Refugee Does Not Make Me Less

My aspirations are to become a surgeon, buy my parents their own house, and sell my art.
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Aline Irafasha  ·  Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Sonam  ·  Tibet
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Safi  ·  Afghanistan
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Mahsa Ahmadi  ·  Afghanistan
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