With reporting from Croatia and Serbia
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Rohsare is a veteran traveler. The teenager has just completed a trip back and forth across Europe. You could say that recently, traveling has been her life. But she hasn’t enjoyed the journey.
“I have traveled with my sister and my parents for two years from Afghanistan,” said Rohsare, who fled the violence in her home country. “It is very bad there, as you can see on Facebook.” |
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Many of those that have found refuge in camps and refugee centers are still only midway through their voyage.
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"My home is ... boom, boom, boom ..."
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Photo Credit: Dino Zurak
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"I am travelling alone, I was in Obrenovac and I tried to cross the hungarian border, but police beat us. There was no big difference on the croatian border. Serbia is fine, but when we get out of the camp, there are criminals and they want our money or we got beaten"
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Ahmad Seyar (19)
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Although the 19-year-old student knew the dangers and was wary of breaking the law as a refugee, he chose to make the journey to Belgium after he was invited to become a soldier for the Islamic State group, perhaps because he had recently graduated from a medical high school.
Sayer, who spoke to reporters in a park in Belgrade, Serbia, was still unsure of where his journey would take him. He had just returned from the Croatian border. |
A young woman from Eritrea who went by the name of Mary was living in a tent under a garage in Belgrade, the United Kingdom her ultimate goal. She had been forced from a better spot in a park after local authorities forced a group of refugees living there to move. Although her journey was just beginning, she had no plans to turn back.
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