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A dinghy with Syrian refugees is towed by a Greek coast guard patrol boat into the port on the Greek island of Kos, following a rescue operation in a part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, early May 31, 2015.

He escaped Syria and now just wants to forget that treacherous boat journey

August 25, 2015Conflict

Before the Syrian war began, Thair Orfahli was a law student in Lebanon. He regularly went back to visit Jobar in Syria, where his family lived. But as the violence became more intense, he decided to take a dangerous journey to Italy on a boat.

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