by: Cat Cooke, Miles4Migrants Marketing and Content Manager. Source Ellmarjan and Joachim Anckaert, Steunpunt Asiel. Ellmarjan, Arsh’s father, worked for four years as a translator for the American army. At one point, the Taliban asked him to leak information, but he refused and told them he’d never cooperate with them. After he and his family …
Afghan boy reunited with his family on his fifth birthday! Read More »
by: An Anglophone U.S. Asylee from Cameroon. Flights provided by Miles4Migrants pre-COVID-19 “The journey to the U.S. was hard and dangerous. I was so happy to reach this country. But when I got here and asked for asylum, they put handcuffs and shackles on me, I was confused, and I couldn’t understand… I could only …
The family asked that we pass on a message that “they’re so happy and thankful for you.”
by: Habteab, an Eritrean refugee in Belgium “Hello, my name is Habteab. In 2012 I got married and a year later our oldest son was born. But because of my political beliefs, I wasn’t safe in my country and I had to leave. My wife was 7 months pregnant with our second son when I …
Sammy’s family is reunited and enjoying their Christmas celebration today for the first time in 4 years together thanks to a generous donation of nearly 480K United miles…
“I was forced to flee Eritrea in 2017, when my wife was pregnant with our first child…”
In 2016, [Lucy] was kidnapped and tortured by government forces. After her release, she knew that neither her or her family would be safe in Ethiopia…
Juan and Diego are migrants from Honduras. As Diego has palsy and is unable to walk or speak, Juan carried his young son over 1500 miles to the US…
