Refugee Boy

Alem is half-Ethiopian and half-Eritrean. During a conflict between the two countries, he and his parents are made to feel unwelcome in Ethiopia and move to Eritrea. The environment in their new home turns out to be as hostile as that of the old. For a vacation, Alem’s father takes him to London shorly after his fourteenth birthday. A few days after they arrive, Alem wakes to discover his father has gone home and left him behind to seek refugee status.