Mahdi Ahmadi left his native country Afghanistan eight months ago along with his pregnant wife, who was in her third trimester at the time.

“I have my wife and I have my daughter as well, so I had to think of something. I had to,” said Ahmadi. “That’s why I moved out of my country.”

Ahmadi decided to flee amid ongoing political unrest and violence under the Taliban. They traveled by plane, bus and even by foot before arriving in New York.

Now, he, his wife and their seven-month-old daughter live in a shelter in Brooklyn.

“Me and my family were in danger in Afghanistan because of the current situation in Afghanistan because [the] Taliban took the power and the previous government collapsed in Afghanistan,” said Ahmadi.

Ahmadi’s family is among 65 families being represented pro-bono by Project Rousseau — an organization that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors and migrant children with families.

Project Rousseau hosted an Asylum Declaration workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday.

“There’s a belief that the most important part of the journey is the physical journey that gets them to New York but the reality for these families is their journey only just begins when they get off the bus in New York,” said Andrew Heinrich, founder and executive director of Project Rousseau.

The Asylum Declaration is a document submitted along with the application for asylum that explains the applicant’s fear of returning to their home country.

“This is often a very traumatic document to write and a very difficult document to write. So we came here today to give folks pointers on how they can write a strong declaration and explain their stories well,” said Heinrich. “We hear stories of loss of family members, torture, death threats and families fleeing for their lives.”

The asylum application process can take months, sometimes years, before they’re approved.

Ahmadi says he’s grateful that New York City has welcomed him and his family and he looks forward to building a life here.

“I’m kind of the professional. I’m an architect, I have my master’s degree in project management, so I’m pretty sure when I start working, I’ll get many things very soon,” said Ahmadi. “I believe in myself.”

For the last year, the city has provided housing for some 65,000 migrants in hotels, shelters, churches and now school gymnasiums.

City Hall says thousands of asylum seekers are arriving at Port Authority every week.