@ccohanlon You have not failed. You've been failed by all the countries that have made you leave or kept you out. Would you tell all the other migrants who are just trying to find a place to survive that they are failures? Try to extend the same grace to yourself.
I can't speak for your other contributors, but I've supported your peregrinations because it is just a fluke of fate that I have not found myself in similar circumstances.
@mikemccaffrey Thank you for this. I'm afraid I'll never shake the fear and embarrassment of these past few years. But I appreciate your words.