- Harrowing journey for refugees
- Fleeing the bombs
- Acid poured on handcuff wounds
- Shelter offers relative comfort
- Winter journey to safety
- 'Please, photos and write . . . anything'
- Existence in exile severe
- Purpose-built, orderly and secure
- 2000 asylum seekers interviewed daily
- Night-time crawl under fire to escape
- 85,000 souls spread across camp
- Travel diary
Ayad explains that he had a degree in English from Damascus University and was preparing to begin his masters when he was forced to flee.
"I wanted to become a professor,'' he said.
He had been putting himself through his studies by working part-time as an orderly in a local hospital.
"I left Syria because I was turning 25 and would have to serve with the regime's army. I hate war, I hate killing and all this, so I left.
"I applied to University in Hungary, because my brother is there, but the embassy declined.
"Living here is not good.''
Ayad feels that opportunities for him in life are slipping by. He has been trying to get work with the aid agencies in the camp, but the only work he can find is as a cleaner.
As we leave he asks again, "Can you help me, please?''
- by Steve Addison
