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Former refugee recalls experience as European migrant crisis worsens

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Syrian migrants who were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard while trying to cross in boats to Greece.

By Kurtis Doering

Rick Istifo was only a teenager when he decided to flee Iraq with his family during the first Gulf War and embark on a perilous journey to a better life.

Now as hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern migrants attempt immigrate to Europe, Istifo, 42, is reflecting on his own journey, which ended with a new life in Saskatoon.

“Death was around us many times,” he said. “Many, many, many times.”
 

Istifo was living in Baghdad for 21 days as coalition bombs rained down... // Read Full Article


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