Greece: Syrian Refugees Dreaming of Europe

4,353 views · Published 18 September 2015 · 2:11 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2015 · News & Politics

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“It’s not my friend, it’s my bro. He’s helped me on that long road, he’s helped me.”

As a young boy, Taha Fatah had polio. To get here, he had to be carried by his best friends.

For these Syrian refugees, this is their first taste of Europe, the Greek island of Lesbos. Thousands of people leaving war-torn Syria arrive every day. 

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