"My dream was to be a musician, a singer,” says asylum seeker Ensa Manneh (21), recalling his aspirations before leaving the Gambia. Now living in an abandoned house in the French city of Marseille, life is dramatically different. His journey to Europe was “super difficult,” he says. “I won’t advise anyone, you know, to do the same like me.” He made it though, and this fact, he says, “I think that makes me stronger.” He explains that he expected “many things in Europe,” but that it was “just like a dream,” a dream that “will never come true.” In Europe, “being there alone, you know, without family” is “super hard”, though he has found a family in friendships. With no papers that would allow him to earn money, and at times, not eating, life “is not easy.” Despite this, Ensa is still determined to become a musician. “I’m on the mission,” he says. “I keep the dream
Courtesy: 1000dreams project