very devastated because they cannot go out. i have two kids. i can get them easily to the park, but my niece inside one room all the time. since the allies left afghanistan and the taliban returned to power two years ago, javid and his family have been moving from hideout to hideout. but they re fast running out of options. with his brother ahmed acting as interpreter, javid told me he thinks people smugglers are his only means of escape. of course, if i had the money and i had someone who was trusted, then of course i wouldn t be here to die. your brother said that if he could find somebody and if he could find the money, he would come to the uk with his family illegally. perhaps on a small boat. i wouldn t blame him. if i were him, i would do the same. there are supposed to be legal routes for people like him who served with the allies. well, he has exhausted all the legal routes. in the chaos of the allies