Making Home Away

So I sat them down and told them: the five of us are here, me, you and your father, wherever the five of us are, that place should be your heaven.
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Mahdi

Current 'home'
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Journey time
Seven years
The worrying is multiplied when you have a family.
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Jumana

Current 'home'
Jordan
I am going to leave all my friends.
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Wafa

Current 'home'
London, Ontario, Canada
The problem is that I forget a lot these days
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Abu Ali

Current 'home'
London, Ontario, Canada
Journey time
Seven years
All night, I sent them a reply of "Yes", I sent them 50,000 "Yes" messages.
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Wafa

Current 'home'
West Midlands, UK
They asked me “Where are your documents?”
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Atiq

Current 'home'
Istanbul, Turkey
Journey time
1 year
... having legal status brings you a different life ...
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