Ahmed, 16, a Kurdish boy with a sweet demeanor from Aleppo, Syria, arrived at the Tabanovce Train Station in Macedonia before crossing the border into Serbia. Having escaped the war in his home country, Ahmed is traveling alone to try to meet his two brothers in Germany. He said he was travelling solo because, “The route is too difficult for my mother, she would not be able to make it.” Refugees traveling solo are common, because it is often too costly for entire families to make the journey—particularly for those who have lost so much in the war. The perilous 4.1 mile dingy ride From Turkey to Greece is on average $2,000. January 2016. Produced for Mercy Corps.
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