'I'm proud of being a refugee who came to the UK'
Andrew Kueth was nine years old when he was forced to flee his country due to civil war.
It was the start of an eight-year journey across two continents and thousands of miles which would see him survive beatings in jail and two sinkings in the Mediterranean.
But the 20-year-old told the BBC he was determined to tell people what life was like as a refugee, amid the hot button issue of migration.
Mr Kueth said he was not ashamed of being labelled a refugee, having been granted the right to remain in the UK, instead calling it: "Awesome. You have a story... you live something others didn't live."
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He grew up with his mother in South Sudan in a village in Unity State and said he was happy as a child.
His life changed in 2013 when civil war broke out in the country, forcing millions to flee their homes.
At first Mr Kueth went to live with his sister but, when their town was captured by soldiers, they decided to move to a camp for safety and then cross into Sudan.
He said he was worried about the small children on the journey with them and ed his younger cousin kicking what he thought was a ball in the darkness.
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