How violence and abuse drove a transgender migrant back to Pakistan

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10/01/2021

Romesa Ahmed, a transgender woman from Pakistan, tells the story of her failed attempt to flee to Europe. Shunned by her family, raped and tortured by those meant to help her, Romesa’s journey shows the particular hardship suffered by transgender people.

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