In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send some refugees back to Syria kake.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kake.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It felt like paradise when Dania and Hussam first moved to Denmark.
They did not speak a word of Danish yet the Scandinavian country was an outpost of calm for the siblings, who fled the destruction and death that followed the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
“I can hardly remember anything but war in Syria,” Dania, 22, told CNN of her time growing up on the outskirts of the country’s capital, Damascus. She said what drew her family of five to Denmark was its reputation for welcoming refugees being the first country in the world to sign the United Nations Refugee Convention in 1951.
In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send some refugees back to Syria
By Tara John, CNN
Siblings Hussam and Dania have been told by Danish authorities to return to the Syria. (CNN)It felt like paradise when Dania and Hussam first moved to Denmark.
They did not speak a word of Danish yet the Scandinavian country was an outpost of calm for the siblings, who fled the destruction and death that followed the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. I can hardly remember anything but war in Syria, Dania, 22, told CNN of her time growing up on the outskirts of the country s capital, Damascus. She said what drew her family of five to Denmark was its reputation for welcoming refugees being the first country in the world to sign the United Nations Refugee Convention in 1951.
In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send some refugees back to Syria ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.