Syrian youth documents his journey from Turkey to Europe
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A Syrian youth documented his danger-engulfed journey from Turkey to Europe justifying his departure “Due to dangers posed to his life by the increasing racism against Syrians in Turkey.”
Mustafa Habash, 27, from the city of Jarablus in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, left Turkey three months ago with his brother, towards Europe documenting his journey with photos and videos, al-Arabiya.net reported.
Habash, who could not complete his study of Law, was compelled to deal with four smugglers, three Syrians and an Iraqi, to reach Bulgaria and Greece. Then, he contacted two others to reach Serbia and four other ones to reach Hungary and Austria.
He said averting the Bulgarian police was a very hard task; they were pursued by sniffer dogs. However, that was different with the Hungarian police whose members used to catch 300 Euros to let refugees pass, as he put it.
The journey from Turkey to Europe cost 14.300 Euros for two persons.
According to Habash “lying” is the most common denominator among smugglers he dealt with. They used to ask large amounts of money and broke their promises.
Habash plans to travel to Belgium, his last destination.
Migration from Syria is increasing in general due to the deteriorating living conditions and security measures in a country ravaged by warring parties.
Migration from Turkey is also increasing due to the increased racism and offences against Syrian refugees living there, according to reports.
In turn, talks of rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara pushed more Syrian refugees in Turkey to consider leaving for Europe.