He’s just seven years old and has made an epic journey with his elder brother from his former home in Afghanistan, through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey before stowing away in a lorry at Calais. Ahmad was found in the back of that lorry in Leicester after sending out a desperate phone message seeking help. Two months on, we’ve tracked him down to a hostel in Birmingham and he’s been telling Jackie Long his extraordinary story and his hopes for a new life in Britain.
The report was produced for Channel 4 News by Katie Barlow and Studio 9 Films.