من ناوم بیلالە. لە دوای نائارامیە ئابوریەکەی ساڵی 2015 عێراقم بەجێهێشت و ڕۆشتم بۆ ئەڵمانیا. من بە هیوای ژیانێکی باشتر ڕۆشتم بۆ ئەوێ. پاش سەفەرێکی 12 ڕۆژی بەبێ ژەمێك خواردنی باش یان جێگایەکی حەوانەوە گەیشتمە ئەڵمانیا. من هیوام وابوو کە گیروگرفتەکانم لەوێ کۆتاییان پێبێت.

My name is Agim and I come from Kosovo. I used to work in the marble industry, but the pay was bad. The wages didn't allow me to support my family. So in 2015 I took my wife and three children to Germany. We applied for asylum.

My name is Derrick; I'm 29 years old and come from Ghana. I studied computer science, but couldn't find work in my home country. I came to Germany as a tourist in 2014, stayed there and worked in a restaurant. But my life was not as I had imagined it.

My name is Ibrahima; I'm 49 years old and come from Dakar. I used to work for a delivery company, but saw no future there. So I went to France in 2018 and moved on to Germany, where I had family. But my new beginning in Germany also turned out to be quite different from what I had expected.