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Pyaohn acknowledges the natural barriers, such as age and time, to realizing his career goals now, but for this Karen Burmese refugee, there’s something far more important than opportunity; and that is braving the truth and attaining dignity.

Omar Muhammad did not seriously consider leaving Iraq until 2008—a full year after terrorists bombed his home. Now he can’t imagine returning to Baghdad.

Mesfin did not have any money, but he did have one resource not available to most refugees-a family member already settled in Kenya. “I go to the city and I ask this guy ‘you know him?’, and he said no, so I go to next guy, restaurant owner, and I say ‘you know him?’” He had found his uncle in a matter of hours.

Under the cover of night, amidst the foliage of unbeaten paths, Peter Magai Bul faced the ever-present dangers of wild animals and poisonous snakes without the comfort of a single blood relative. But neither the dark, nor the predators, nor even the loneliness could compare to the harrowing reality: Death itself had picked up their scent, and was perpetually lurking just behind them in the tall grass they walked through.

Thirty years after leaving Cambodia, Leon Lim still treasures the map that his uncle traced to direct him to safety. Simple blue ink scribbled onto a small piece of notebook parchment led him away from his home city of Siem Reap to seek sanctuary in a Thai refugee camp.