- 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
- Young scholar pleads for help
- Travel diary
''Were these scars from handcuffs?'' I ask.
''No,'' he replies, ''they poured acid on the handcuff wounds to make me talk.''
Abu was a shopkeeper.
He was caught in a conflict between government troops and rebels and shot in the back (he shows us the bullet wound).
He was rushed to hospital and operated on.
When he came to, he was handcuffed to the bed. He was detained and tortured by the military, until he was later cleared.
He then escaped Syria to Lebanon before crossing into Jordan.
As we talked, many others began to crowd around to tell their stories.
The man in charge of the processing area became agitated and we moved on.
Abu asked that we did not photograph his face for fear of reprisals.
- Steve Addison
