A Kurdish folk singer forced to flee his home as a teenager says he has found his “emotional family” 40 years later in a London choir featuring fellow refugees.
The Citizens of the World Choir, based in Greenwich in the south-east of the capital, has 50 members from 30 different nationalities.
Among them is performer Nawroz Oramari, who was forced to escape Iraqi Kurdistan in the late 1970s after being accused of performing songs that were critical of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Mr Oramari was arrested with his father and forced to sign a pledge that he would never sing again or face the death penalty.