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‘Children were wearing fake life jackets’: one Syrian family’s terrifying, 10-year journey

‘Children were wearing fake life jackets’: one Syrian family’s terrifying, 10-year journey
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In 2015, two film-makers first met 11-year-old refugee Israa, forced to abandon Aleppo for a new life in Europe, along with her parents and siblings. None of them imagined what would come nextIn 2015, an 11-year-old Syrian girl called Israa matter-of-factly explained how her family would survive if their dinghy sank crossing the sea from Turkey to Greece. Her father…

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