“Why?” The question mark on Nurullah’s face is disturbing and triggers a desire for answers.
Nurullah has already been in Switzerland for two years, but his home is still the transit centre in Rothenburg. There he accommodates a small room with his wife and two children and desires nothing more than to finally have certainty. Certainty about his future and that of his family. To understand why “people of the same star” are treated differently. Then he could be calmer and would not always have this feeling of powerlessness as a constant companion. We are talking about his asylum procedure, which seems to have been on hold for months.
With his current status N, the hurdles for his integration are high. To possess a status N means not to receive any transfer until further notice and consequently no integration of one’s children into the school system of the community. At the age of 10, Nurullah’s son could already be in the third grade, but he is still in phase 1 “School in the transit centre”. But there is not much to see of school, only one hour is taught daily. Unfortunately they do not learn enough to write and read. For Nurullah the family has always been in the foreground, to know her in peace triggers great gratitude and peace in him. If it were possible for him to take up a job and thus be independent and enable his children to attend school, then his dream would be fulfilled. For this he needed a change of status. He would certainly fit into the Swiss working world, because before freedom he calls punctuality particularly praiseworthy. But his path is in the dark. The lived freedom, which Nurullah sees and appreciates in the acceptance of religions and opinions, is only conditionally valid for him.
He is currently working in various areas of social welfare in Lucerne, where he earns a symbolic sum. What counts for him is employment, something that makes you tired at night and motivates you to get up in the morning. This is what he wants for everyone in the asylum centre, to have a sense of the day and fewer obstacles to their integration. Everyone wants to get up, but the difficult question is what to do with the day.
