Yousef, 16, from Al Hasaka, Syria

My big dream is to become a professional football player to make enough money to bring my entire family here. In Syria I was already playing in a football team, but our national team is not so good. In Syria we were all together in one family. I miss this very much. I'm here since one month now and I really like it here - everything is so well done, the streets are beautiful and the whole city. It is very different from Syria. Since two days I can now go to school here - it makes me happy that I can finish school here. It's a bit early to make friends, but I hope this will come soon.

 

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