Please help us start a new life!
Aisha’s family is among 3,400 war-ravaged
Iraqis in Britain seeking
asylum in Britain
and she is terrified that her claim will be rejected and her war traumatized
babies will be forced to return to a country that has been devastated by war.
"It is not myself that I care
about," says Aisha, "it is my children who have seen terrible things
that no little child should see."
"They have nightmares every night and my
husband and I are exhausted. We are not well ourselves -- I cry all the time
and I am in constant pain, and my husband suffers deep depression, too -- and I worry all the time about what will
happen to my babies if we die here, or if we are forcibly returned to Iraq ."
"How can we help
our babies overcome the terrible things they have seen and been through when we
are victimized in this way?"
"Our misery is seen by them every day
and because they never see us happy they are not happy themselves," cries
Aisha. "But how can I pretend to be happy when I am crushed with sadness
about the terrible life we left and have been given no hope for the
future?"
"Is it that your
country hates Iraqis or hates Muslims so much that you would send two little
babies back to Iraq
to get killed?"
"Everyone helps tsunami and earthquake
victims," sighs Aisha. "Why is nobody helping the terribly
traumatized people of Iraq
-- especially the little children?"
"We are here; please help us start a
new life."
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Labels: asylum seekers, children, iraq, muslims, nightmares, victims, war trauma