Refugee gets life back on track at New Street

MAN WHO FLED WAR NOW ‘OUTSTANDING’ MEMBER OF STATION TEAM, THANKS TO HOMELESS ORGANISATION

- NAOMI DeSOUZA News Reporter

A REFUGEE who fled a brutal war and was separated from his sister has become an “outstanding member” of the Network Rail team at Birmingham New Street.

Noham Adane grew up in Sudan and later South Sudan with his sister and her husband.

But civil war meant he had to flee to the UK alone.

He arrived in 2022, claiming asylum, and living in a Home Office-run hotel in Solihull, where he began volunteering with homeless organisations in Birmingham.

“I don’t have a family, my sister is the only one,’ the 28-year-old said.

He was born in Eritrea, but escaped as a three-year-old with his older sister, who was fleeing from indefinite military conscription.

The UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) reported: “Sudan is experiencing one of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises, driven by the escalation of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023.

“By the end of 2024, more than 11 million people had been forcibly displaced inside the country, many multiple times, making Sudan the country with the highest number of internally displaced people globally.”