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A group of students at Wilfrid Laurier University are putting a face on the refugee debate. Today Sean Leathong spoke to one student who lived in a refugee camp for a decade.

In her time as a refugee, Dammee Sero was forced to live simply. “Hoping tomorrow will be better, just looking for a bright future.”

Her family had fled their native Ethiopia for Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. She had to walk an hour to school, wait in line for water, and live in a mud hut. “When I first moved to the camp we thought that it would be just temporary for a few months. We never thought we could stay this long.”

10 years she lived inside the camp that still holds 100 thousand refugees to this day. “I went to primary school and high school, all in the camp.”

A scholarship brought her to Canada, and Wilfrid Laurier University. Today, the 24 year old is helping to raise awareness of refugee conditions on the Brantford campus by telling her story, and showing what a refugee home is like.

Brianna Dasilva helped organize this event in part because of the recent debate over the Syrian refugee crisis, and Prime Minster Trudeau’s pledge to bring 25 000 to Canada.

“They have had a hard life, and they’re here to make better lives for themselves, and we should be compassionate and open to that.”

In the wake if the Paris attacks many U.S. states have declared that they will not accept Syrian refugees. This group is hopeful that Canadians feel differently.

Edtior’s Note: The video for this article was repaired November 18, 2015.