I am currently representing young migrants at the Global Forum for Migration and Development. I held a speech on youth participation and am actively taking part in the discussions. I want to share with you my answers to an interview with the UNICEF colleagues from Germany. In your opinion, why is the Global Compact on Migration so important for migrant children? The Global Compact on Migration is a first international step to tackle migration on a global level. While migration has always existed, additional dimensions and challenges are now influencing it. An increasing number of people are on...

Once upon a time, when she was less of a human and more of a shadow, I used to cry. Not wanting to cause her grief, but determined to see her smile, I gave her a feather. One she must protect from any harm. She promised me to always protect the feather. However, she was being abused, daily hit and degraded until once, her blood was abundant, it stained the feather. It was not until that moment that she realised she ought not to be hit. Only at that moment did she finally understand that by reporting her abuser, I was not trying to steal her husband, I was trying to save her. She finally...

I approached him after an hour of sitting without revealing a word. His features told me a lot, he is not good. I went up to him and asked, "Are you okay?" Oh thank God I asked. He was a bomb that only needed a little pressure to explode, but with our conversation, I relaxed him a bit. He told me a story that made me apprehensive and angry, but he told me that he still had some time to turn it into a success story. My conversation with this young man lasted for more than two hours. I felt when he spoke every letter he uttered took from his soul a little because of his pain and his sorrow for...