Hovhannes (°1956) and Alla - Armenia

“I came to Belgium in 2005 because I couldn’t make ends meet on my salary at the canning factory back home. I was often paid in tins and juices, which I then had to sell. For 14 years, I had all kinds of jobs in Belgium. In 2009, Alla joined me; her mother took care of the children in Armenia. Initially, we wanted to stay, but we missed our family. We returned in 2020, hoping that life in our home country got better. But not really. In that same year, our sons had to fight in the war for Artsakh. Thank God, they survived.”