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Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Gulwali Passarlay

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Gulwali Passarlay came to the UK from Afghanistan in the back of a refrigerated lorry. In a fascinating episode of Full Disclosure, the TedX speaker told James O'Brien about his journey as a refugee to Britain.

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0:35.9

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Full Disclosure with me, James O'Brien.

0:40.5

This is the bit where I normally say something slightly glib about having set up the whole project

0:45.8

in order to meet somebody famous who I haven't had the pleasure of meeting before.

0:49.6

This week's episode is rather different for reasons that will become clear.

0:56.7

I'm joined by Gulwali Pasale, who is of Afghan origin, but who made his way to this country. It's a

1:03.6

torturous journey of which we will hear more, at least part of which was spent in the

1:07.7

back of a refrigerated lorry, an experience which you don't need me to tell you,

1:12.9

has become somewhat front and centre in the British news

1:17.2

for the most tragic of reasons in recent weeks.

1:20.5

And we both thought, because our paths have crossed before,

1:24.6

that this would be a timely moment to properly explore and examine just how

1:29.8

people could end up in such a parlous situation. Gulwali, welcome. Thank you, James. So let's not

1:37.5

begin with the beginning of the journey. Let's begin instead with the beginning of your life. You were 12 when

1:48.2

you left home. What was home like prior to that before Afghanistan became a place you would

1:55.8

want to flee? Do you have any memories of happy times? Sure. So I grew up living in eastern Afghanistan with my grandparents in the mountains.

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