Henri

Henri escaped conflict, political instability and persecution in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and arrived in Spain, where he was granted refugee status.  An established lawyer at home in DRC, Henri had to retrain in order to find work in Spain's competitive labour market and began working as a welder. Henri lives with his wife - who travelled later to Spain and was recognised as a refugee following a separte procedure – and their young daughter born in Spain.

Henri longs to return home to his own culture and to practising law, his passion, but in the meantime, he makes the best of the life he has been able to build in Europe.

“I left my country unintentionally; I fled due to persecution… I would really love to go back and do again what I used to do there.”