As a huge projection over London’s Southbank Centre illuminates the wishes of the city’s displaced people, participants explain some of their stories
Mohammed, a gangly 17-year-old who fled Syria with no hope of seeing his family again, dreams of being a footballer. Drita saw a side to humanity no 16-year-old should during her journey from eastern Europe. Now, she has pinned her hopes on becoming a teacher.
Abu has a dream too. The 18-year-old longs to stand in his grandmother’s kitchen in South Sudan, mouth watering in anticipation of her cooking. It is a dream he has consigned to fantasy. “I can’t see me being able to go back,” he says.
Four boys, hoodies up, ribbed each other, but another said: “I want to write poetry. I like it.”
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