Seeking asylum- 'Trusting our lives to people smugglers' - BBC News
- 5 years ago
Each of the five million Syrians who fled their homes due to the country's civil war have their own stories to tell.
Hazar Almahmoud risked crossing the Aegean Sea for the sake of her daughter - Here she tells the story of their journey to safety
It was Hazar Almahmoud's motherly instinct to protect her daughter which made her take extreme risks to reach safety.
Working as a university administrator in the port city and government stronghold of Latakia, her life was turned upside down when she joined the protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
Hazar Almahmoud risked crossing the Aegean Sea for the sake of her daughter - Here she tells the story of their journey to safety
It was Hazar Almahmoud's motherly instinct to protect her daughter which made her take extreme risks to reach safety.
Working as a university administrator in the port city and government stronghold of Latakia, her life was turned upside down when she joined the protests against President Bashar al-Assad.