I am from Ivory Coast, in West Africa, but my nationality is not important. Immigrants or asylum seekers can be Syrian, Iranian, Somalian, American or English. An asylum seeker is just a human being who has had to flee their
My life has had many ups and downs; a bumpy road that can lead to insecurity and uncertainty. There are times you will question whether you just do not fit in to today’s “society” or people just do not understand
Please write your own story – we want to hear from you. Don’t worry about your writing style or your English – we can help edit your words and if you want you can write in your own language and we’ll get it translated. And you don’t need to use your own name if you don’t want to – just let us know and we’ll use another name on the published version.
You can use this form to send your story – we won’t publish it until we have contacted you to talk about it and agree any editing needed.