Refugee Stories

A 17-year-old Syrian boy, Kareem, arrives in Canada with his father and sister after fleeing the Syrian war. Whilst trying to start a new beginning, Kareem meets Josh who happens to be the Hockey's team leader at school. Feelings start evolving from both sides along with the problems that start facing them.

Liv is a twelve-year-old Norwegian princess. She and her family love to help the poor, give toys to the orphans, and build homes and care for the homeless. That all changes one day, when a rebellion happens. Liv and her family are scattered and forced to flee. Liv flees to the forest with her sister, Freya, and cousin, Katherine. As they face many strange events, they try to sort out who overthrew them and who they would be. Will their life ever be the same again?

Earth has fallen. When the planet crosses its final climate tipping point, temperatures rise, crops fail, and billions are forced onto the move. Diplomacy gives way to ultimatums, then to war. From unassuming laboratories to streets drowning in heat and hunger, a fractured world stumbles toward its final reckoning. As famine and conflict spread, international order dissolves into violence and blame, and armies march north through ruins chasing a future that no longer exists. Yet amid the despair, a radical plan takes shape to move a fragment of humanity to the red sands of Mars. As Earth burns and the heavens fill with refugees, one truth becomes unavoidable: the future belongs only to those willing to sacrifice everything. In the chaos of the apocalypse, a new kind of security service is needed to enforce order where nations have failed. From the ashes of Old Earth, the Sunguard rises. Scorched Earth is a sweeping hard-science epic about collapse, survival, and the cost of choosing a future when the present is already lost.

Omar Osman escaped Sudan. That was supposed to be the happy ending. But in Reims, France, at the prestigious Sciences Po university, Omar is drowning. His French isn't fast enough. His grades aren't good enough. The guilt of three meals a day while his family rations food is crushing him. And worst of all-France, the country giving him refuge, is the same country selling weapons that kill Sudanese people. As Omar navigates panic attacks triggered by snowfall, professors who want his "diverse perspective" but not his truth, and the suffocating isolation of being the only one who understands what war actually means, his mental health spirals toward crisis. A 3 AM call from a rooftop. An intervention by the aid worker who saved him. A therapist who finally understands. And slowly, painfully, Omar begins to heal-not by forgetting, but by telling his story. "En France" is about survivor's guilt, complex trauma, and the myth that safety erases pain. It's about found family, the power of testimony, and learning that making it out alive is just the beginning. When Omar receives news that his family might join him in France, everything changes-his breakdown becomes a breakthrough, and his survival starts to mean something. Content warnings: PTSD, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal ideation (crisis scene), survivor's guilt, eating disorder behaviors, detailed therapy sessions, discussions of genocide and colonialism Night Shift - Lucy Dacus Liability - Lorde Fix You - Coldplay Lost Cause - Billie Eilish All I Want - Kodaline Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves Talk Me Down - Troye Sivan Cellophane - FKA twigs Breathe Me - Sia Liability - Lorde I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers Hold On - Chord Overstreet

This story reflects the troubles and pathetic conditions of those innocents who are destined to live in war inflicted areas..Even though the story reveals the destroyed trust and hope ,it eventually finds a tinge of hope for life and the last dregs of love yet undried..

She agreed to be his wife. She did not agree to love him.

1971. A country is being born, and a river is keeping score. When war reaches a quiet village in East Pakistan, a translator who believes in neutrality, a schoolteacher who believes in memory, and a seventeen-year-old boy who believes in action are forced to choose who they will become. Told through multiple voices and grounded in real history, this is a story about language, survival, and the small decisions that shape nations. The river does not judge. It remembers.

I used to be an ordinary village girl. Mostly. I'm only about 70% human, after all. But that's not too important. What's important is that I used to be like any other person in my kingdom. Until she came. Until my world burned to ashes. Until the fate of everyone fell into my small hands. It's time I took a stand. My name is Akira. And I will make sure the world never burns again.

My poem is about a 14-year-old girl becoming a refugee in a kurstan war

Nothing I can claim my own wisdom in. Still I feel I should tell this story. I should write so you might know in part, today there still exist, ones who will give a newfound friend, the widow's mite.

Escaped on the North Korean Underground Railroad. Another love story about two young people who met in a very unlikely situation. Notwithstanding the language and cultural barriers, they bonded together. After a long and dangerous journey, they fell in love and formed a family that lasted a lifetime.

A 17 year old boy in Syria walks you through his story of how he is trying to stay alive while trying to look after his mother and sister, and a mysterious girl he has fallen in love with. We figure out his real story of the broken mirror and why it is so significant to him. The end of the story takes a twist as main character Hassan faces heartbreaks he couldn't have imagined. (been working on this story for really long, hoping to print and publish soon!) Raising awareness for the innocent lives of Syria.

For the people who wanted Josef's death told from his perspective. All characters and some of the plot belong to Alan Gratz. Story starts right after the last Josef chapter.

In a place where freedom is a forgotten word, Zahra Qureshi lives behind walls built of fear, silence, and obedience. Trapped in a brutal world controlled by extremists, she is one of many-voiceless, faceless, forgotten. But what they don't know is that Zahra is watching, remembering, and waiting. Her escape seems impossible-until a moment comes that tears through the darkness. What begins as a desperate fight for survival leads her into the orbit of one of the most powerful and feared men in the world, a man with secrets as dangerous as the enemies they both face. As Zahra begins to reclaim her stolen identity, a story unfolds that no one could predict-one of quiet strength, calculated risk, and the terrifying cost of freedom. A haunting journey of endurance, courage, and destiny in the heart of chaos.

Please note that this is my first story on watt pad and I am not the best at writing but I am proud of my work.

James has been recused from the war, but will he ever leave it behind him? This is a short story that I wrote for school

Thank you for checking out my #OnceUponNow entry! All votes and comments are greatly appreciated! Amira and the Red Bottom Shoes The war changed everything. My life unwound like a ball of yarn tumbling down a flight of stairs. The streets that were once filled with laughter and children playing were soon replaced with the sounds of war. Gunfire, bombs, and the wails of mothers who had lost their children too soon became my new normal. In October, my school crumbled to the ground. My brother had been lost in the rubble. Mother and Father died on their way to collect his body. In an instant, I became an orphan. The call came three days later. My father's sister offered to take me in. She lived in America. Even in a time of great sorrow, I can still remember the first time I said the magical words out loud, "I'm moving to America." The butterflies in my stomach started fluttering at that very moment and didn't stop until I stepped out of the airport and into my aunt's outstretched arms. But, like most fairy tales, mine new life was not what I had expected nor would it be easy. Would I live happily ever after or would my new life in American turn into a living hell? My name is Amira and this is my story.

When the plague broke and turned her family into zombies, Maeve leaves her ol' trusted town to save herself from being one too. She meets people on the road and discovers they're working on an antidote to cure the plague. She lives with them, and surprisingly finds safety from one person, Zayn Malik. But he is engaged to Perrie Edwards, who is now a zombie. Will they find the cure to this madness? What will happen to Maeve and Zayn then when Perrie is back to being human? (NOTE: This is a 1D fan fiction. Some members are zombies, so please don't be disappointed if you don't find their names at first. :D Also, 5SOS are here too, but this is not really a 5SOS fan fiction. I just added them for fun because I love them too. Hope you like it. Enjoy! ♥)

Another short story that I wrote last year for English. My dad said the main character sounds like a girl but whatever. Its about a refugee who has tried to come to Australia but has been sent to the refugee camp on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.