What endurance!!! Instead of kicking him out of the country, Russia should use him for the next Summer Olympics.
Caught at sea: Russia to deport Syrian refugee who tried to swim to Europe
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Samar Kriker has been held for almost a month in a Russian detention centre, where asylum seekers can be locked in cells for 23 hours a day
Kriker says he practised swimming for two months off the Turkish coast before attempting the crossing (UNHCR)
Mary Atkinson
Thursday 4 June 2015 16:49 BST
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Russian authorities are poised to deport a Syrian refugee who says he ended up in Russia after a failed attempt to swim from Turkey to Greece to claim asylum in Europe.
Samar Kriker was picked up in early May five kilometres from the tiny Greek island of Chios by the Hero of Russia, a huge Chinese-built tanker bound for Russia.
On arrival Kriker, 27, was taken to Rostov-on-Don, a bustling port city close to the Ukrainian border, and transferred to an immigration detention centre - after nearly a month there, he could soon be sent back to Damascus.
A police source close to the case, who asked to remain anonymous, has told Middle East Eye that authorities are now looking to deport Kriker back to Syria as soon as Saturday, following the rejection of his asylum application.
Kriker, a former builder, had been in the water for two days when he was rescued, carrying two inflated basketballs as floats and wearing a pair of flippers and a face mask.
The tanker’s captain, Artem Goncharov, told a Russian news site that Kriker was barely able to speak when he was picked up, and was showing signs of hypothermia.
Kriker was kept in isolation for the first part of the four-day long boat journey to Russia, as the ship’s crew feared he could be carrying an infectious disease.
A picture taken by Kriker reportedly while on board Hero of Russia (NewsLife)
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Caught at sea: Russia to deport Syrian refugee who tried to swim to Europe
#MigrantLife
Samar Kriker has been held for almost a month in a Russian detention centre, where asylum seekers can be locked in cells for 23 hours a day
Kriker says he practised swimming for two months off the Turkish coast before attempting the crossing (UNHCR)
Mary Atkinson
Thursday 4 June 2015 16:49 BST
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Thursday 4 June 2015 20:15 BST
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Russian authorities are poised to deport a Syrian refugee who says he ended up in Russia after a failed attempt to swim from Turkey to Greece to claim asylum in Europe.
Samar Kriker was picked up in early May five kilometres from the tiny Greek island of Chios by the Hero of Russia, a huge Chinese-built tanker bound for Russia.
On arrival Kriker, 27, was taken to Rostov-on-Don, a bustling port city close to the Ukrainian border, and transferred to an immigration detention centre - after nearly a month there, he could soon be sent back to Damascus.
A police source close to the case, who asked to remain anonymous, has told Middle East Eye that authorities are now looking to deport Kriker back to Syria as soon as Saturday, following the rejection of his asylum application.
Kriker, a former builder, had been in the water for two days when he was rescued, carrying two inflated basketballs as floats and wearing a pair of flippers and a face mask.
The tanker’s captain, Artem Goncharov, told a Russian news site that Kriker was barely able to speak when he was picked up, and was showing signs of hypothermia.
Kriker was kept in isolation for the first part of the four-day long boat journey to Russia, as the ship’s crew feared he could be carrying an infectious disease.
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