Telling the Real Story
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- Raed's story: The devious smuggler
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
Raed and his family fled the war in Syria and went to Lebanon. After three years there, their situation had become difficult and they decided to travel to Egypt...
- Yehia's story: Betrayed by the smuggler
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
When the civil war in Yemen erupted in 2015, Yehia’s parents advised him to flee to Egypt to avoid conscription by one of the warring factions. Having arrived i...
- Hannan & Mohieddin's story: Desperate escape across the raging sea
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
Hannan and Mohieddin are a married Libyan couple who escaped the anarchy and chaos in Tripoli and went to Malta. Mohieddin had several times been attacked by ga...
- Omar Mohamed's story: Sick children were refused medicine
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
When the war in Yemen broke out, Omar and his family fled first to Aden, and then to Egypt. Omar found work in a warehouse, but he and his brother were dreaming...
- Nour's story: Hitting back at the smuggler
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
When the civil war in Yemen began, Nour decided he should leave and go to Europe in search of a better life. He came to Egypt, where he met two smugglers who pr...
- Ayman's story: Turning back at the last moment
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
Ayman and his family fled the war in Syria because they could no longer endure the insecurity and the daily bombings. They went to Lebanon and took a plane to C...
- Abdelmejid's story: Anguish at sea
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 08/09/2020
Abdelmejid fled the war in his native Libya by boat. He travelled to the beach and was locked in a house with others until the smugglers were sure the police wo...
- Abbas' story: Dead bodies in the moonlight
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 07/09/2020
At the university in Khartoum, Abbas became involved in political activities against the Sudanese regime, and after having been arrested and harassed by the pol...
- Miracle and Zeinab: A horrible journey with an unhappy end
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 07/09/2020
Two Nigerian women, Miracle and Zeinab, are sitting in a reception centre for asylum seekers in Malta, sharing their experiences of their difficult journeys thr...
- Joy's story: Escaping insecurity and violence, ending up in slavery
@tellingtherealstory4552 - 07/09/2020
Joy fled her village in Nigeria because of the constant violence and insecurity there. In the city she met a woman who promised to take her to Europe to work as...
