麻豆社

Use 麻豆社.com or the new 麻豆社 App to listen to 麻豆社 podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,7 mins

From Syria to Norway as an unaccompanied child

Newshour

Available for over a year

Adib Wael was 16 years old when he fled Aleppo in Syria for Europe. He describes how people smugglers took him to the border with Turkey and told him to run and not look back. He says his blonde hair and green eyes helped his cause because he looked European. Adib Wael was the first unaccompanied minor from the confliuct in Syria given refuge in Norway. Picture shows Adib Wael in his new home, Norway. (Credit: Adib Wae)

Programme Website
More episodes