Think of what these people have to go through to get to safety.
Escaping Syria: The Dangerous Journey From Damascus To Turkey
AP PHOTO/MANU BRABO
Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey by the Orontes river, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey on Dec. 8, 2012.
The dangerous sea and land crossings that Syrian refugees are making to Europe have been well-documented, but less well known are the equally perilous journeys people take to leave Syria itself. In this first installment of a two-part series, Syria Deeply examines the illegal journey from Damascus to Turkey.
When asked about the trek her family made between Damascus and the border with Turkey before heading to Europe, Amal, a 28-year-old Syrian-Palestinian is blunt: the journey with her children and younger brother, she said, “was one of the hardest experiences, if not the hardest of all.”
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Escaping Syria: The Dangerous Journey From Damascus To Turkey
Escaping Syria: The Dangerous Journey From Damascus To Turkey
AP PHOTO/MANU BRABO
Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey by the Orontes river, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey on Dec. 8, 2012.
The dangerous sea and land crossings that Syrian refugees are making to Europe have been well-documented, but less well known are the equally perilous journeys people take to leave Syria itself. In this first installment of a two-part series, Syria Deeply examines the illegal journey from Damascus to Turkey.
When asked about the trek her family made between Damascus and the border with Turkey before heading to Europe, Amal, a 28-year-old Syrian-Palestinian is blunt: the journey with her children and younger brother, she said, “was one of the hardest experiences, if not the hardest of all.”
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Escaping Syria: The Dangerous Journey From Damascus To Turkey
