Missing Refugee Boy Azam Reunited with Parents in Germany
By Dan Wooding, Founder of the ASSIST News Service
The BBC's John Sweeney, who led the search for five-year-old Azam, tweeted the good news.
Azam had travelled ahead of his parents with an uncle and was seriously injured during the journey.
His story sparked the social media campaign #FindAzam.
“Azam
was not the only member of the family to be injured while making the
journey from Syria to Europe,” said the BBC. “His reunion with his
parents on Thursday took place in a German hospital, where his father is
being treated for a broken leg that he sustained during the journey
through Greece.”
The boy was crying in pain because a car had run him over while he was asleep, breaking his jaw.
But before completing his treatment in Belgrade, Azam vanished with his uncle.
The
uncle told the BBC that a splinter had entered Azam’s eye during
shelling in Damascus and he was asked by the child's parents to take him
as speedily as possible to Germany for it to be treated.
He
said that he was forced to take the child out of hospital in Serbia
because the priority was to get him to Germany as quickly as possible,
which he was able to do, much for the great joy of his family.
Photo
captions: 1) Azam is pictured on a German hospital bed with his father,
who broke a leg on his journey through Greece (BBC). 2) The boy was
looking much happier in this picture. (BBC). 3) Map of Azam’s incredible
travels – a total of 1470 miles (BBC). 4) Dan Wooding recording his
radio show.
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