Farid spent his first night in Britain on the outside of closed doors. At just 13-years-old and alone in a cold, foreign country, Farid said…

After losing his hearing and speech at a very young age in Syria, Ahmad has always been determined to help others with similar needs. For…

Sitting in the dining room with her infant in her arms and her husband by her side, Sarah could not look any happier. In the…

Abdullah found life unbearable as a gay man in his mid-20s in Saudi Arabia, a country where homosexuality is illegal and carries the death penalty….

When Basirat was just 19 years old, she was already living on the streets in her home country of Nigeria. She had lost her whole…

Before she was forced to flee civil war in Sudan, Amal was studying to be lawyer. But since moving to Britain, she has struggled to…

When Machozi arrived in Britain from a refugee camp in Burundi, she was determined to learn English so she could communicate with her new neighbours,…

Siraje was studying mathematics at university in Ethiopia and planned to become a teacher. But he was forced to leave in 2002 before he was…

When he lived in Tehran, Mohsen worked as a firefighter, surrounded by a close-knit group of friends, colleagues and family. He was forced to flee…

Since his father bought him his first computer as mechanically-minded 12-year-old, who liked to “take things apart”, Nour has been passionate about technology and dreams…