I Was An Illegal Afghan Refugee – Now Competing To Be Miss England, Says Rida Nasiri

The beauty queen, who competes for Miss England, has revealed she is a former refugee who fled Afghanistan with her family when she was 3 and fought for safety for 10 years.

The stunning Rida Nasiri, 26, has been living with her mother for two years after she fled. Russia Pay the toll to the smugglers, first Polandand on the dinghy Germany.

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Then she remembered the moment she boarded the boat with her mother and her 4-year-old sister, Surya.

Lida, who was only five years old at the time, said: she wasn’t safe.

“But we didn’t have time to discuss things—it was now or never.

“It was, ‘Jump in this boat right now because I don’t know if anyone else will.'”

“The hardest part was knowing that my life could end at any moment and that I could lose my mother. I thought I would die if I returned to Afghanistan.

“We were fighting for everything we wanted, seeking security and peace.

“Europe for us represented peace and life, not death, and my mother was determined that we would make it.

Born Lida Kabulcame to the UK legally via Netherlands I got permanent residency in 2011.

and she miss england The contest “isn’t beautiful. It’s all I’ve endured all that time — that struggle and all I’ve lost.”

She said her family’s nightmare was in 1995 when extremists Taliban took power.

Her mother, Bhrishna, feared for her safety and decided to flee. Iran with her daughters.

Soon after, they traveled by train to Turkmenistan and then to Russia.

On the ensuing journey, I traveled with a large group of refugees from Russia to Poland, often on foot, carrying some belongings.

Sometimes they were told to pack into lorries controlled by smugglers.

Lida says:

“It was one of the most difficult times because everyone was scared.

“We all thought we would die if we were forced back.”

After escaping deportation from Poland, the family headed for the coast and then sailed in a dinghy to neighboring Germany.

He then applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2001.

Lida said: Finally, after going through everything, we were safe. “

Lida, who is currently working in public relations, has joined miss england After winning a contest celebrating natural beauty, you’ll compete for one of 15 locations in the Grand Finals on August 22nd.

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