2. What is happening to me?

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When someone arrives in Europe feel very happy. They left their countries by different reasons such as political, economical, wars… and they have finally reached Europe. From now on everything will be much easier and their life would be better.

However, not everything has been as easy as expected. Different problems have arisen that are difficult for them to understand. For example, not being able to find a nice job or a permanent job due to not having a residence card. It is also difficult for people to trust and hire without knowing them. They cannot validate their studies and previous experience seems to be not valid.

It is also difficult to find people to help them to solve problems or that make them an accompaniment in carrying out their paperwork. For many people they are just a number or a stereotype, but they do not know them, they do not know their worries or how they feel.

Not knowing the language well is also a great problem. Even with anyone who works in public administration, language is a problem. If you don't know how to speak the language more or less well, they treat you differently, as if you were less important than others.

She notices that every time she goes to the doctor. She feels lonely because she doesn´t even know if she has the right to go. Also because of the language, it is very difficult for her to meet people, both from this country and from other countries since each one speaks different languages.

As you can see, with each step they try to take, a new problem arises.

In addition, they miss some things they loved, such as some gastronomic products or sharing their cultural practices, rituals and customs. They miss the intimacy around a tea or an invitation at a friend's house. Although she has met friendly people along the way, they are neither her family nor her friends and she wonders how to meet people, where they meet, if there are intercultural meeting spaces where sharing and exchanging practices and knowledge...

All of this has made them feel alone, misunderstood and unsupported.

And they ask themselves: what is happening to me? I am not like that. Why do I feel this way?