Asylum in Stoke: "I escaped sexual abuse in jail, now Dad's in my prison cell"
Sep 17, 2014, 02:26 PM
(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, September 2014)
This week we're bringing you stories of what it's like living as an asylum seeker in Stoke-on-Trent.
Today BBC Radio Stoke's EMMA THOMAS hears the tale of a 37-year-old woman who escaped from Iran a year ago -- after being the victim of sexual abuse while imprisoned.
Lida is giving English lessons to other asylum seekers in Stoke-on-Trent -- while she waits for a Home Office decision on whether she can stay in the UK.
She was arrested for protesting for the vote during the country's 2009 revolution....