Escaping the UK: A Desperate Journey in a Lorry

I was 19 when I fled my home in Soran, northern Iraq, in 2011 after receiving death threats. Believing the UK would offer safety, I smuggled myself across Europe in a lorry, locked in a box for 12 hours—a terror I'll never forget. Upon arriving in October 2011, I claimed asylum, relieved to be in a peaceful country. David Cameron was prime minister then; five others followed, but they all brought me nothing but stress.