Religious Persecution

We can’t keep everything for ourselves. We pray that the foundation will grow because the people of Afghanistan, they need help now.

I told him I was a Christian, that I could not follow him into secret society.

Our three-year-old boy was lost on the other side.

So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!

I had no rights, no freedom to choose my path.

"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..."

The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope

Forced to be a rebel then a spy, Leonard was protected by the pygmies

We only had enough to get this far, here in Greece. Now we’re stuck.

I just want to be free and to live in peace and safety.

I look forward to having a calm life filled with great achievements.

We have had war in Afghanistan since before I was born

It was hard to be gay in my country. You can’t live as a [free] man.

I wanted to stay in Africa, but I wanted my life to be secure, so I came to Europe.

The first day I came to Italy, I had a friend, an Italian friend.

We decided to leave and sold everything we had; there is no way back.

I hope I can find a good life and that I can continue in my profession.