Ahmet’s story, Cyprus
20 June 2016, 08:46 AM
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Saransika’s loss at sea
20 June 2016, 08:46 AM
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Sahara’s story, Slovakia
19 June 2016, 08:52 AM
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From refugee to award winning author
19 June 2016, 08:33 AM
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Shookrullah Alizadah’s story, from Afghanistan to Sweden
17 June 2016, 19:32 PM
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Escape to hardship
17 June 2016, 19:31 PM
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Jihan's Story, Greece
17 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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Son of refugees
16 June 2016, 19:07 PM
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Mohad’s Story, Poland
16 June 2016, 19:05 PM
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Being human
16 June 2016, 10:42 AM
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Ahmet’s story, Cyprus
I was born in Homs and I wanted to live there until the end, but this vicious war left us no other choice but to leave all behind… For the sake of my children’s future we had to take the risk.
20 June 2016, 08:46 AM
Saransika’s loss at sea
Saransika, a 14-year-old refugee from Sri Lanka, lost her family on the high seas and struggles to come to terms with her loss.
20 June 2016, 08:46 AM
Sahara’s story, Slovakia
Sahara had to flee Somalia and later was offered resettlement. We met her on her way, in the Emergency Transit Centre in Humenne, Slovakia.
19 June 2016, 08:52 AM
From refugee to award winning author
She endured violent storms, pirate raids and severely unsanitary conditions to make it to Indonesia, only to find herself stranded on an uninhabited island for almost three months until being rescued by the UNHCR.
19 June 2016, 08:33 AM
Shookrullah Alizadah’s story, from Afghanistan to Sweden
We drank sea water to survive. In the middle of the sea, the boat’s GPS broke down.
17 June 2016, 19:32 PM
Escape to hardship
Abdullah closes his eyes as he recalls the terrifying journey he made after escaping from Rakhine State, in Myanmar.
17 June 2016, 19:31 PM
Jihan's Story, Greece
Like so many others, 34-year-old Jihan was willing to risk everything in order to escape war-torn Syria and find safety for her family.
17 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Son of refugees
I grew up with all the rules, fears, responsibilities and restrictions that are imposed onto refugees or that refugees impose on themselves, being strangers in a new land.
16 June 2016, 19:07 PM
Mohad’s Story, Poland
In Malta he might have had a steady job, but what’s the use of having one when you can’t live with your family?
16 June 2016, 19:05 PM
Being human
Photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi writes about his experience in covering boat arrivals to Malta in 2014
16 June 2016, 10:42 AM
Haunted by a sinking ship
Thamer & Thayer, brothers from Syria, escaped war, then unrest in Libya only to be faced with death on the Mediterranean
16 June 2016, 07:46 AM
From Finland to Sweden during WWII
In February 1944, during the heavy Soviet bomb my parents decided to send me and my five siblings to Sweden once again. I was two years old.
14 June 2016, 17:59 PM
Hamid’s escape from the Taliban
I was just 17 when I came once more close to dying, this time in my attempt to cross to Samos on a boat from Turkey, along with four more Afghans.
14 June 2016, 17:57 PM
Minara's escape from Rakhine persecution
Minara paid for their passage with her wedding ring and after many days at sea, they reached Malaysia.
14 June 2016, 17:55 PM
Mouhamad’s journey
Mouhamad, a 40-year-old dentist and poet, lived in Aleppo, Syria, for many years.
14 June 2016, 11:41 AM