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2000s: I read somewhere that the decision to emigrate comes from a need to breathe.
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles
What you need to know before your trail
The hope of a better life is stronger than any other feeling. My mother decided it was better to know I was in danger far from her; but on the way to a different future, than to know I was in danger near her; but stuck in the same old fear.
At the age of ten, Enaiatollah Akbari was left alone to fend for himself. This is the heartbreaking, unforgettable story of his journey from Afghanistan to Italy in an attempt to find a safe place to live.
Travel Guide
The journey of a refugee
This story is based on the true events one ten year old boy endured as he fled from Afghanistan and managed to travel al the way to Italy,
Enaiatollah Akbari was only ten years old when his mother secreted him across the border from Afghanistan to Pakistan. She hated to see him go but all she wanted to do was to save her son from the Taliban.
The little boy had to ensure such hardship and grief in order to travel all that long way, often without food and drink. The traumatic journey takes him through several countries – Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Greece via Lesbos, before he manages to get to where he wants to be. Each stage is deadly and the people traffickers take no prisoners. The weeks he spent trying to get across the mountains from Afghanistan to Iran is horrendous for anyone least of all a child.
Now, after several years in Italy, he tells his story.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: In the Sea There Are Crocodiles
Author/Guide : Fabio Geda Destination: Afghanistan, Middle East, Greece, Italy
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