A few months ago, the ABC became aware of Nazieh Husein, an 62 year-old Syrian refugee who had lost his family, and made the promise that they would help him reunite with them.
ABC correspondent Sophie McNeill found Husein sobbing by himself on a beach on the Greek island of Lesvos, in September. He told her this:
“My wife and my kids made it to the shore yesterday and I got separated from them, but I am here now.I wish to see them again. This is my only wish in life.”
All odds were stacked against them, but Leigh Sales presented a happy ending tonight: Husein has finally been reunited with his family, who are in Germany.
Syrian refugee Nazieh Husein & family say thank you to correspondent @Sophiemcneill for helping them reunite #abc730
https://t.co/mAExXvqKUx
— abc730 (@abc730) November 23, 2015
62 yr old Syrian #refugee separated from family is reunited with them, months later https://t.co/YPawbPYNIV #abc730 pic.twitter.com/l66YiM3TmO
— abc730 (@abc730) November 23, 2015
While his family have now said he is never allowed out of their sight again, Nazieh said this about his experience as a refugee:
“I call it the death journey and if I knew that it was that hard, I wouldn’t have done it. Little children walking alone at night, at dark, mothers missing their kids, kids crying, “Mum! Mum!” I had no idea where we were going at night and for how long we were walking.”
Image & story via ABC 7:30.
