www.mihub.eu Page | 4 In conclusion, social workers at Reception and Accommodation Centers for Asylum Seekers play a crucial role in supporting, informing, and integrating asylum seekers into their new host communities. Despite the numerous challenges they face, collaboration with agencies and organizations is an essential lever for enhancing the effectiveness of their services, contributing to the well-being and social integration of these groups. Stories of Migrants / “Roots & Routes” “I Am a Refugee — But Not Broken” Eyad, 17 years old My name is Eyad. I’m 17 years old, a Palestinian born in the Baddawi refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon — a place where children grow up faster than they should, where fear walks the streets more freely than hope. I wasn’t born into peace. I was born into the sound of bullets and the weight of survival. While other children played freely, I stayed indoors, not because I wanted to, but because it was dangerous outside. That was the only childhood I knew. But I had a father — a good man, a strong man — who built us a life with nothing. He gave us dignity when the world gave us nothing. He protected us, gave us an education, and taught us to dream. At age 10, I watched everything collapse. Armed men burned down my father’s pharmacy when he refused to give in to them. They threatened our lives. And worse — using power and corruption — they put my father in prison for 16 months. For nothing. That’s when I had to grow up. I became the man of the house while still a child.
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