Osman and his family got asylum in the United Kingdom

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Osman and his family got asylum in the United Kingdom

. It was a fine summer’s day with a very few clouds. Osman had just finished eating his breakfast, when the door bell rang. Osman’s father went to open the door and returned with a recorded delivery letter from the Home Office.” What’s that dad?” said Osman. “We have got asylum in the United Kingdom , “Osman’s father replied. with joy.” Now what will we do, can we live here for the rest of our lives?” “I think we will be moving to somewhere else”.

Osman and his family had been staying at the refugee centre for over a year. The people who were staying at the refugee centre were mainly Muslims who were fleeing the war in Bosnia, or the war in Iraq. Bosnia was next to Croatia, and Serbia, and the two countries were involved in an ethnic civil war.

Osman’s family were preparing to go to the mosque for Friday’s prayers. They were Muslims and on Friday they used to go to the mosque in their refugee centre. Osman’s family found it hard to live in the refugee centre because they had limited space to live in. It was good news for Osman’s family that they were able to move from the refugee centre to Bradford.

A few weeks after moving to Bradford which was in the north of England Osman’s father had found a job. He had got a job in the local butchers. The butchers was owned and staffed by Asians who were Muslims .This made it easier for Osman’s father to gain acceptance in this new area. In this area there was a large ethnic minority of Asians. Next to the new community centre there was a Mosque where Osman’s father and his friends would stop for prayers.

Osman and his sister were enrolled at the local school .At his local school he was in year 6. The school had children from many different backgrounds. The largest minority were the Asians. There was a boy in his class called Ali whose parents originated from India although Ali was born in the UK and had lived all his life in England .Osman and Ali became good friends

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       Most of his class fellows were from the housing estate where he was living with his family. Osman was finding it hard to make English friends as his English was not very good and he found it hard to understand when other pupils would talk fast.Osman’s English was constantly improving, but it was obvious to the pupils from the housing estate that he was a foreigner not born in the United Kingdom. Many of the pupils from this deprived housing estate would tell him, that he and his family should go back to Bosnia.

He decided he ...

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