Mohammed is a refugee from Ethiopia. He was resettled from a refugee camp in Kenya to the UK in 2011. This is his story.

I left Ethiopia because of the political situation; I was arrested, imprisoned, beaten and tortured. The Government even took my property and sold it.

I left Ethiopia in 2001 and sought asylum in Kenya. I spent two years in Nairobi but I don’t have the words to explain what happened to me there. I left my country to be safe, but it was not safe in Nairobi.

I moved to the refugee camp in Kakuma in 2002. It wasn’t safe there either. Food, shelter and clothes weren’t really available. People were walking around without clothes.

On 5 November, 2011, I came to the UK.  The language and weather conditions have been challenging, but when I compare life here to life in the camp I can’t; it’s not comparable.

This is the life of paradise, and the camp is the life of hell. It’s not a life for a human being; you wouldn’t wish it on your enemies.

I’m now in college studying ESOL and volunteering in my spare time. I’d like to be a care worker in the future.

The people in the UK really welcomed me and my family.