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‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK

‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK

In Independent Studio's latest series UNHEARD, Ismail shares how he risked everything on a dangerous journey to the UK in hopes of supporting his family—many of whom remain in Sudan’s war-ravaged Zamzam refugee camp

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