You are too traumatized and disgusted to stay in the room for another minute. You go out to a nearby park and find yourself a place to sit. You look at the sky and wonder how you ended up here. You are unable to accept any of what is happening. 

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You then see some officers coming toward you. One of them asks you why you are out in the park. You show them your bug bites.

 

“No one deserves this. A month ago, we too lived respectfully in our homes. It’s not like we wanted this life. I respect you, but this is not how you treat people who just escaped war. It’s not that we woke up one day and decided that we do not like Afghanistan anymore. This happened to us. We were forced.”