A 7-year-old refugee from Afghanistan tells Heart about the moment he saved himself and 14 others from a lorry

#HeartNews has been speaking to a 7-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, who saved himself, his brother and thirteen others in Leicestershire, when they were trapped in the back of a lorry.

They were being driven into the UK from Calais illegally, when Ahmad started to feel like he couldn't breathe in the container, so he text his case worker who he met in France, she was now in New York.

The case worker called police who went and found the lorry at services on the M1.

Ahmad has also spent time living in #Birmingham since coming over here, including going to school in the city.

Ahmad is hoping for a better future now he's here. A petition's been set up online for Leicester City Council to award Ahmad the Freedom of the City, more than 300 people have signed it.