- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Dodging Death: Iraqi Refugees Reveal Story of Their Survival

© REUTERS / Leonhard FoegerMigrants carry their belongings as they walk towards the Austrian border from Hegyeshalom, Hungary September 23, 2015.
Migrants carry their belongings as they walk towards the Austrian border from Hegyeshalom, Hungary September 23, 2015. - Sputnik International
Subscribe
The family of Iraqi teenagers, 17-year-old Karush and his 15-year-old brother Kazhal, were born under a lucky star. Coming home from a walk a little later than planned, they dodged death by seconds.

Vasily Raksha — The shocked family saw their former life turned into ashes – and they made a run for Europe.

“Our home, our car, our money – everything was finished. Boom!” the younger boy described the shelling of their property in Mosul by ISIL terrorists right before their eyes.

Migrants run as they follow a police vehicle on their way to the Austrian border in Nickelsdorf from Hegyeshalom, Hungary September 25, 2015. - Sputnik International
'Real Refugees' Are Still Near Syria, While Economic Migrants Rush Into EU
The exhausting journey led them through various countries: the boys and their mother found shelter in a camp 30 kilometers away from the Hungarian capital of Budapest, their sister and another brother settled in Belgium, and their father could did not make it any further than Turkey.

They have already spent three months in the Hungarian camp. They are hoping to get documents and reunite with their kin in Belgium.

“I worked as a barber in Iraq and I can do it in Belgium,” the elder brother Karush said bursting into laughter and turned his head to boast of his fashionably shaved temples.

A migrant family is directed by Austrian soldiers at the Hungarian-Austrian border in Szentgotthard, Hungary, as thousands of migrants wait for their departure to Germany on September 19, 2015 - Sputnik International
‘I Will Never Force My Eurowife to Put On Scarf’ – Afghani Refugee
Both teenagers went to school in Iraq and are now attending Hungarian courses in Budapest and improving their English.

“It’s so hard!” the younger one sighed. No wonder! Hungarian has nearly 20 noun cases!

The guys are happy with the living conditions in the camp. Now each family has one room, whereas three families had to huddle in a single room earlier.

“I have a big room. We have a kitchen, a shower, everything. It is even better than in Germany and Belgium.”

The question on whether they will once again return to Iraq depressed the boys. Even the dismantlement of ISIL will not bring peace to their homeland at once, Karush said.

“After 10 years the war may not be over… After ISIL is finished, America will come because we have oil. America killed Saddam Hussein and hurled Iraq in havoc, America is dangerous for Iraq.”

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала