When Amina Khalid’s family fled Somalia, her parents did not tell her where they were going or how long they would be gone.

“They told me and my siblings we were going on holiday,” Khalid said, “all of us were under the impression that we would return home.”

That was not to be the case. At the age of 13, Khalid and her family were forced to escape Somalia due to civil war. Eventually, they arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) with nothing more than the clothes on their backs.