Detained for over 18 months, Balde now faces deportation back to Guinea. Here, he shares his despair and hopelessness.

"I knew I couldn’t depend on the police for protection. I would have to flee before I was killed."

We worked for $1 a day, and the guards insulted us, like we were not human.

Muniru has been stuck in detention for over 9 months since signing his own deportation order Photo Credit: Noah Silliman on Unsplash I, Muniru, a citizen of Ghana by birth and nationality, was born in Accra in January of 1993. My mum passed away when I was very young. I

Thomas was deported to his home country in Africa in April of 2017 after being in immigration detention for over three years Photo Credit: Tina Shull This is Part II of Thomas Dube’s story. Read Part I here Thomas was deported to his home country in Africa in April

I was born in the dusty streets of Africa, with high ambitions of becoming successful Photo credit: Bernard Spragg, Flikr Creative Commons My father was the sole provider for our family of four children. He was a good father, but he was a busy man, and unfortunately, he passed away