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Escaping Europe

07/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Assignment, Escaping Europe

Hundreds of Syrians are risking their lives to leave Europe and return home. But why?

Nawal al-Maghafi joins refugees on the migration route to discover why so many people are choosing life in a warzone over the safety of Europe.

A new smuggling route has opened up on the edge of Europe.  Every week hundreds of Syrians are risking their lives to leave the continent and return home.  Nawal Al-Maghafi joins refugees on the migration route to discover why so many people are choosing life in a warzone over the safety of Europe.  

Producer: Ben Allen

(Photo: Migrants walking along a dusty road. Credit: BBC)

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