Overcoming loneliness: A refugee's journey.

"When I first arrived, I struggled to be here"

Last week, the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness launched a new spotlight campaign for the next month, shining a light on something we don't talk about very often: the loneliness of asylum seekers and refugees.

As Jo herself said: loneliness doesn't discriminate. I know all too well how crippling it can be to feel lonely, isolated and unheard, and how often these issues remain unseen. I arrived in the UK in 2011. I was 22 years old. I had been tortured and I was alone. I had little, if any, power over my fate. For the first time, I understood what it meant to be a refugee.

Many of us will have left our family, friends, language and culture behind when fleeing our homes. We face a strange country and may be living in accommodation that doesn't always feel safe.

By Nat Nat.

Culled from Politics.