She lived in a hotel near Leeds for almost a year
An Afghan evacuee who lived in a hotel near Leeds for almost a year has described feeling like her family’s “lives are paused” as they await news of permanent accommodation from the Home Office.
Read more:Refugee mum-of-three left without money to feed family as Home Office glitch 'mayhem' affects dozens of Yorkshire asylum seekers “You don’t even have the energy to get up from your bed because you know your day is nothing. I feel like our lives are paused, I just want our lives to be played.”
“But after splitting the families, it’s like the bandages are removed and they’ve started bleeding. The memories of Afghanistan come every day and since we are alone, we have more time to think about what happened to us.” “Once you feel like you’re in a house and it’s your own home and you can clean your room, arrange your house, maybe it won’t feel like your own country but you might feel like it’s your house.”
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