Danish Yahyaie arrived at the Peace Bridge Newcomer Centre in Canada with a bouquet of flowers to meet his wife, Alina.

Alina, who is from Afghanistan, had taken a taxi from the Buffalo airport across the Peace Bridge on March 24 to seek asylum in Canada.

Danish escaped from Afghanistan three years ago. He flew into Toronto Pearson International Airport with $700, not knowing a single person in Canada. He applied for asylum and is now a permanent resident.

“Thank God,” he said. “They gave me everything.”

Last summer, he flew to Pakistan where he and Alina were married. They were only able to spend a month together before Danish had to return to Canada and Alina to Afghanistan.

Earlier this year, Alina managed to get a visa to the U.S. She stayed in Arlington, Va., with friends before flying to Buffalo.

In between interviews with Canadian immigration officials, Danish and Alina were inseparable, smiling into each other's eyes in the Newcomer Centre.

One of the staff members at the Newcomer Centre put Alina's flowers into a vase.