I haven't seen my family in 3.5 years - my daughter doesn't recognise me

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I haven't seen my family in 3.5 years - my daughter doesn't recognise me

My family is now facing the risk of deportation (Picture: Irshad) ‘Who are you?’ This is the question my three-year-old daughter asked me recently while I was on the phone to her. Words cannot express how painful this is to hear as a father. She didn’t recognise me because we have been separated since August 2021 after I was evacuated to the UK from Afghanistan. My wife and two children – with my youngest daughter, a newborn at the time – couldn…