Can’t Stay. Can’t Go. Refused asylum seekers who cannot be returned   27 seekers. I can advise them where to go. It is important to me to meet people who are in the same situation. When you are at home all the time on your own, you think you are the only one. (Violet, Zimbabwe) Kasim (Iraq) volunteers at the Red Cross and at Justice First: “I’m come to office of British Red Cross, I’m very happy. If when I finish I go outside I sad”. Kasim likes to welcome people who are new to the area and show them where to go. He encourages people to get out and do things, like attending free weekly English classes at the local church: I take there a lot of people who are new coming here. I say, “If you stay home more and more, you’ll get bored and you’ll get upset”. I know this. (Kasim, Iraq) If Kasim is granted status, he would like to work for a charity: I want to more and more help British Red Cross and Justice First office. I want to more and more help…. I’m happy when I come in and I’m working. I want more and more have job here. Yeah, actually, actually I want to do this. (Kasim, Iraq) Samir (Algeria) reported that his girlfriend makes him feel stronger and helps him cope. Bisrat (Eritrea) copes by not thinking about the future; he prefers to focus on the here and now: So every time I think about today, not the future. If, finally, if I get a paper, if I get granted, I will think about the future, I will think about everything. (Bisrat, Eritrea) Anwar (Somalia) reported: I’m not strong. I told you, I need to go back home…. I want to be there now…. I’m not happy to live here. And I have a kid here, but I’m not happy. I have a kid, but I’m not happy with my kid. Really, serious, I’m not happy. (Anwar, Somalia)

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