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One of the difficult things about interviewing Syrian teenagers about their journeys across Europe, their families being killed, the abuse they suffered, the hunger and anger and exhaustion, is that about 10 minutes in they go blank. “The jungle? Why would I want to revisit that?” says 13-year-old Islam, making eye contact for the first time.
They want to forget. That was the first thing I learned at the youth centre in Birmingham where the Children’s Society organises sessions for unaccompanied child migrants. Here they offer legal advice, help them with their English, help them access education and housing and, crucially, help them make friends. The next thing I learned was that even though these children arrive alive, their journeys don’t end here.
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