Look at the picture - what do you see? Who do you think the person is? How are they feeling in the picture, what is written on their hand? What do you think the story might be?
An eleven year old boy is being called a hero after he travelled 700 miles on his own from Ukraine to be safe. Hassan's mother was forced to stay in Ukraine because she had to look after her elderly mother who cannot travel because she is too ill to move. Mum wanted Hassan to be safe so she put him on a train with his passport, a plastic bag and a phone number written on his hand to ring when he crossed the border to Slovakia, where his brothers and sisters were living.
Hasan says the scariest part was when he was in the trains. His sister says, "The train was very very full. There were 300 people in one carriage. The kids and the people were sitting in one hall and everyone was talking in foreign languages and he didn't understand so that was the scariest part of the journey for him."
When Hassan reached the Slovakian border, he was given food and water and his family in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, were contacted using the number written on his hand. He is now safe with his brothers and sisters. Hassan says he likes this city because he is safe.
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
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