I fled  Sudan in 2013 Because  I worked as a chauffeur for the Dutch branch of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders [ed.]) in Sudan. They provided aid in conflict areas such as in the Darfur and Blue Nile regions. The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, is responsible for many atrocities. He is wanted by […]

I fled  Syria in 2012 Because  I defected from the Syrian army, and it was starting to get really dangerous for me during the Syrian war. If I didn’t come back to Syria, they would take everything from him From 2001 to 2007, I studied in France for my Master and PhD, and worked as […]

I fled  Iraq as an artist in 1998. Because  I am from Kurdistan in northern Iraq. I lived through two intense wars there. Iraq and Iran were engaged in a fierce war for eight years, from 1980 to 1988. Then the Gulf War against Kuwait started. We lived under an embargo for 14 years. My […]

I fled  Mauritania in 2003 Because  all the power was in the hands of the Arabs. The other part of the population – the blacks, to whom I belonged – was discriminated and treated as second-class citizens. Many people were murdered under this regime, and many others fled. I was 20 years old and wanted […]

Due to personal reasons and recent developments in her asylum procedure, unfortunately we are unable to publish the story of Claudine at the moment. As part of the Belgium street art route ‘Sorry, Not Sorry’, our Moving People were placed in different locations in Ghent. On April 26 (2016), thousands of miniature refugees (Tourad, Kassem, […]