Childhood sweethearts Ahmed and Halima were apart for five years after they were married. Thanks to a Miles4Migrant’s donor they are now reunited in the UK. Ahmed shared his story with us: “We met in a small village in the east of our country. We were both in school. She …
Ibrahim’s family are being harassed by security forces in their home country. His father was seriously injured in one attack and is being cared for by his wife. Ibrahim’s wife and children have been issued with UK entry visas but his father’s was denied. Whilst he makes arrangements for his …
Iman first saw his wife at a party and wanted to speak to her. Their fathers arranged their first visit; ‘I fell in love with her’. Their wedding soon afterwards was attended by over 300 people, familie, friends and relatives. Iman worked as an architect and supported his wife and …
Abraham and his wife Senait met in Sudan, when he came to us they had been apart for three years. When Abraham arrived in the UK he struggled to contact his wife as she’d gone back to her home country. ‘It was very difficult, especially for me, want sy was,en …
In Sudan Zafeera studied Business Management and she’s now graduated. Her husband Ibrahim worked in a greengrocers ‘The same idea as Tesco, Lidl’. Apart for three years after Ibrahim was forced to flee Sudan the couple kept in touch on the phone and through Facebook and Whatsapp. Ons was,,en,Toe sy 'n jaar gelede kontak kon maak, het sy begin met die proses om haar te kan bring,,en,Toe ek uit Iran was, was ek een maand,,en,"Ons kon nie leef nie,,en …
Michael is a child living with carers in his home country. His mother fled to the UK and lost contact with Michael and his brother for several years. When she was able to make contact with them a year ago she started the process of being able to bring her …
I was a teacher in Iran and my husband was a mechanical engineer. I had opinions about women’s freedom an unfortunately the government didn’t like it so I left my country to avoid being in prison for the rest of my life. When I left Iran I was one month …
In Iran Arash studied civil engineering and worked as a civil engineer, his wife Maaria studied computing. Na die verandering van sy godsdiens was dit nie meer veilig vir Arash te wees in Iran en hy het gevlug na die Verenigde Koninkryk,,en,Hy en Maaria was uitmekaar vir meer as twee jaar,,en,"Ons kan nie leef sonder mekaar.",,en,"Toe ons mekaar by die lughawe het dit was een van die beste gevoelens in ons lewe ... eintlik is dit moeilik om te sê.",,en,Arash nou beplan om voort te gaan die verbetering van sy Engelse sodat hy kan gaan na die universiteit hier en werk in die Verenigde Koninkryk,,en. He and Maaria were apart for over two years; “We couldn’t live …
“I don’t know which one to hug first” Massoud has been in the UK for two years – when he left Iran his wife Mina was pregnant. His daughter Banu was born whilst they were apart and over the last 18 months he’s watched her grow from a baby into …
Abba ‘s wife and son stayed behind in Khartoum when he came to seek asylum in the UK and have only been in touch over the phone for the past year. “I am very happy to see them again. I missed my son for the long time I didn’t see …
