<div id="gbq3r5zl6j" class="az-element az-section glazed-util-overlay-grad1 az-util-vertical-centering" style="background-image: url(&quot;https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/a7y02468.jpg&…;); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center top; height: 100vh;" data-az-id="gbq3r5zl6j" data-azb="az_section" data-azat-fluid="yes" data-azat-fullheight="yes" data-azat-vertical_centering="yes" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-overlay-grad1" data-azat-style="background-image: url(https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/a7y02468.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;background-position:center top;"><div class="az-ctnr container-fluid" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text banner-fix-bg" style="" data-az-id="gbmstki0ki" data-azb="az_text" data-azat-el_class="banner-fix-bg" data-azcnt="true"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 96px;"><b>Hardi's Story of Return and Reintegration</b></span></font></h1><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 748.828px; height: 115px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1219px; width: 2249px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 748.828px; height: 115px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; transform: translate(-100%, -100%); top: 111px; left: 744.828px; width: auto; height: auto; pointer-events: all;"><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><div style="position: relative;"><div class="_2vV1Z _3uWIx" style="position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><div class="_2mmtW"><div class="-mjUa"><div class="_3dPLF _2_DQz" style="transform: scale(1);"><br></div>&nbsp;Advanced issues found<div class="ll-S4">▲</div><div class="_3pmCo"><br></div></div></div></div><div class="Y3pRF _2lkte _1tE8n" style="position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><div class="Y3pRF"><br></div></div></div><div><div class="_5WizN _1QzSN"><div class="_3YmQx"><div title="Protected by Grammarly" class="_3QdKe"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></grammarly-extension></div><div class="az-element az-text banner-fix-bg" style="" data-az-id="gbl8i6lqmr" data-azb="az_text" data-azat-el_class="banner-fix-bg" data-azcnt="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Written by Yad Abdulqader / IOM Iraq 2019</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div><div id="gbsovbkiv5" class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbsovbkiv5" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" data-az-id="gblw7eted5" data-azb="az_row" data-azat-device="sm" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gbj8xzxzdw" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width="1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-8" style="" data-az-id="gbvchx9e2o" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 4/6 " data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" data-az-id="gb9gj41757" data-azb="az_text" data-azcnt="true"><div><p>Different reasons prompt Iraqis to emigrate; for Hardi Namiq, concern about his children’s future was the main catalyst.</p><p>&nbsp;“I left in 2018 because I wanted to provide a safe and better future for my children. This was the only reason that pushed me to leave,” said Hardi, 35, from Taqtaq in Erbil Governorate.</p></div><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 213.333px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1273px; width: 2609px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1273px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 213.333px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; transform: translate(-100%, -100%); top: 209.333px; left: 685.979px; width: auto; height: auto; pointer-events: all;"><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><div style="position: relative;"><br></div><div><div class="_5WizN _1QzSN"><div class="_3YmQx"><div title="Protected by Grammarly" class="_3QdKe"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></grammarly-extension></div></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gbqdw74odl" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div></div></div></div><div id="gb9tv0eagn" class="az-element az-section glazed-util-caption-wrap" style="background-image: url(&quot;https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/a7y02477.jpg&…;); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center top; height: 100vh;" data-az-id="gb9tv0eagn" data-azb="az_section" data-azat-fluid="yes" data-azat-fullheight="yes" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption-wrap" data-azat-style="background-image: url(https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/a7y02477.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;background-position:center top;"><div class="az-ctnr container-fluid" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text glazed-util-caption" style="" data-az-id="gbv9ikowt6" data-azb="az_text" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption" data-azcnt="true"><p style="text-align: center;">Hardi returned to Taqtaq after a year in a foreign land. Yad Abdulqader/IOM 2019</p></div></div></div><div id="gbmq9n8xfx" class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbmq9n8xfx" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" data-az-id="gb3wlq512n" data-azb="az_row" data-azat-device="sm" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gbu201q4oc" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width="1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-8" style="" data-az-id="gbxzl00k9k" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 4/6 " data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" data-az-id="gbb19sstnr" data-azb="az_text" data-azcnt="true"><p>Hardi, who had worked as a barber for 11 years, was tired of the limited opportunities in his professional field and worried that the same fate awaited his children.</p><p>&nbsp;“I live in a small town with 50 to 60 barbershops, so I was only making just&nbsp;enough money to survive,” he said, explaining the heightened competition for business in his hometown.</p><p>&nbsp;“The situation was better before ISIL. After ISIL emerged in 2014 and the economic crisis hit, people lost motivation. I could even see a sort of fatigue on people’s faces. They no longer wanted to spend money on their looks,” he added.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 388px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1448px; width: 2609px;"><div class="_3F-Wk _3mEyK _2Qe2S" style="top: 240px; left: 289.333px; width: 32px; height: 25.3333px;"><br></div></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1448px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; 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data-azat-height=""><img class="az-image-content " src="https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/0-02-05-51766…; alt="" title="" style="width: 100%;"></div><div class="az-element az-image" data-az-id="gbuifgxsyp" data-azb="az_image" data-azat-image="https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/0-02-05-f2bbb…; data-azat-height=""><img class="az-image-content " src="https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/0-02-05-f2bbb…; alt="" title="" style="width: 100%;"></div></div></div><div id="gbgfnpf4b6" class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbgfnpf4b6" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" data-az-id="gbvqmjth2d" data-azb="az_row" data-azat-device="sm" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gbfsng5eej" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width="1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-8" style="" data-az-id="gbbtpevbf8" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 4/6 " data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" data-az-id="gbsekqdczz" data-azb="az_text" data-azcnt="true"><p>After selling&nbsp;his car and household items to raise money for the journey, Hardi contacted a smuggler who arranged for him to leave Iraq with his wife and two children in 2018.</p><p>“We first went to Turkey by bus and then to the Turkish side of Cyprus on a big boat - legally. We then had to climb a mountain for four hours to reach the European side of Cyprus. By then we had already spent all the money we had so we couldn’t go on to Germany as planned. Although my relatives had promised to help, no one sent me anything, so I stayed in Cyprus and applied for asylum there,” he explained.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 368px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1428px; width: 2609px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1428px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 368px; position: relative; 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I got scared when my children became ill because of the lack of hygiene in the camp.” Hardi recalled.&nbsp; “I didn’t have any money left, and it was painful to see my children hungry or craving for candy and ice-cream that I simply couldn’t afford,” Hardi added.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 709.979px; height: 272px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1020px; width: 2075px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1020px; width: 2075px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; 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data-azat-height=""><img class="az-image-content " src="https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/0-02-05-679ce…; alt="" title="" style="width: 100%;"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gb8jbgjve7" class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gb8jbgjve7" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" data-az-id="gb5cibl6q3" data-azb="az_row" data-azat-device="sm" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gbg8ff983m" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width="1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-8" style="" data-az-id="gbg86yb9gn" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 4/6 " data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" data-az-id="gbdn779osj" data-azb="az_text" data-azcnt="true"><p>Faced with uncertainty in a foreign country and wary of conditions in the camp, Hardi and his family chose to abandon their asylum request and return home; he approached IOM for help with the return journey.</p><p>In March 2019, IOM organized the family’s travel arrangements and they were able to go back home. &nbsp;IOM also surprised Hardi with face-to-face counselling sessions and in-kind assistance.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 252px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1312px; width: 2609px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1312px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; 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background-position: center top; height: 100vh;" data-az-id="gbnqy5ebo4" data-azb="az_section" data-azat-fluid="yes" data-azat-fullheight="yes" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption-wrap" data-azat-style="background-image: url(https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/yad.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;background-position:center top;"><div class="az-ctnr container-fluid" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text glazed-util-caption" style="" data-az-id="gbnjc4iz3f" data-azb="az_text" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption" data-azcnt="true"><ul><li dir="RTL" style="margin-right: 48px; text-align: center;">Hardi runs his own barber shop now. Yad Abdulqader/IOM 2019</li></ul></div></div></div><div id="gbrxojq26x" class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbrxojq26x" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" data-az-id="gbsbynjcdc" data-azb="az_row" data-azat-device="sm" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gb3kuo3855" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width="1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-8" style="" data-az-id="gbhgqy9x03" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 4/6 " data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" data-az-id="gb4z4pne6v" data-azb="az_text" data-azcnt="true"><p>“When we came back, our situation was terrible. We had nothing left and had to start from scratch. IOM’s grant gave us a great start, as it allowed me to open another barbershop and get on with the business,” Hardi said.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 116px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1176px; width: 2609px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1176px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 116px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; transform: translate(-100%, -100%); top: 112px; left: 685.979px; width: auto; height: auto; pointer-events: all;"><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><div style="position: relative;"><br></div><div><div class="_5WizN _1QzSN"><div class="_3YmQx"><div title="Protected by Grammarly" class="_3QdKe"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></grammarly-extension></div></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-2" style="" data-az-id="gb3r4rqld8" data-azb="az_column" data-azat-width=" 1/6" data-azcnt="true"></div></div></div></div><div id="gbau6jmpue" class="az-element az-section glazed-util-caption-wrap" style="background-image: url(&quot;https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/yad2.jpg&quot;); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center center; height: 100vh;" data-az-id="gbau6jmpue" data-azb="az_section" data-azat-fluid="yes" data-azat-fullheight="yes" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption-wrap" data-azat-style="background-image: url(https://storyteller.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl361/files/yad2.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;background-position:center center;"><div class="az-ctnr container-fluid" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text glazed-util-caption" style="" data-az-id="gb635d3q7n" data-azb="az_text" data-azat-el_class="glazed-util-caption" data-azcnt="true"><p dir="rtl" style="margin-right: 48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="direction:rtl"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;Hardi is confident about his hairstyling skills and plans to expand his shop whenever possible. 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I work until early evening then go home to spend time with my children and wife. Despite our difficult financial situation, we are a happy family,” he said.</p><grammarly-extension class="_1KJtL" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none; z-index: auto;"><div data-grammarly-part="highlights" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 252px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="height: 1312px; width: 2609px;"><br></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 1312px; width: 2609px;"><br></div></div></div></div><div data-grammarly-part="button" class="u_fNK" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: content-box; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 689.979px; height: 252px; position: relative; pointer-events: none; overflow: hidden; border: 0px; border-radius: 0px; 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