I am also human, I am not just a refugee

Rwandan refugee Bahati Ertnestine, a student at UON narrates her life as a refugee and learning in refugee schools at the World refugee day at Nairobi University on June 20, 2018. [David Gichuru/Standard]

Behind every refugee there’s a name, a story and a person. We may have changed countries, but we are still the same people. We may be unable to go back to our countries of origin because of fear of persecution or ongoing war and crises. Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, doctors, teachers – we all have names and identities that go far beyond “refugee”, but too often we’re just seen as a faceless influx.

Not a nickname