One Syrian family’s perilous journey from living as refugees in Jordan to Europe. Manveen Rana documents their journey in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.
Episode 25: 'I started to see his true identity'
Last week we heard how the parents have separated and are contemplating divorce. The children share how they feel about their parent's split.
6/28/2017 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
A New Life Revisited: The Dhnie Family
In the spring of 2015 the Dhnie family embarked on the perilous journey to Europe. They risked their lives in rubber boats and got caught up in riots at border crossings, they slept rough, ran out of money and regularly asked themselves 'Is it worth it?' In this programme the family answer that question.
Reporter Manveen Rana accompanied the Dhnies over the many months during which they made their way to Europe. She visits them in Germany to re-live key moments of their journey, and to find out what's happened to them since. She plays back the recordings she made with them and gathers the family's response, 18 months on.
In this intimate and personal programme, Manveen reveals who has prospered and why some of the family bitterly regret the decision to seek a new life in Europe.
5/3/2017 • 56 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 24: Trapped between German laws and Syrian norms
Last episode we heard the news that Majd the mother and Abdul Raoof the father have formally separated. The family's new life in Europe is not what they thought it would be and not all members have been finding it as easy to adapt.
Manveen Rana finds out the reasons for the strain in the relationship.
4/20/2017 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 23: Things have unravelled
The Dhnie family's new life in Germany has had a tremendous impact on their relationships. When Manveen Rana caught up with them, she found they had some shocking news.
4/17/2017 • 10 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 22: 'I don't want a marriage with a German man'
Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of the Syrian family's journey from a refugee camp in Jordan to Frankfurt, in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.
2/16/2017 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 21: 'They are angry now, they don't want you'
As the children find integration easier than their father, the Dhnie family worry how long they will be able to stay in Germany.
Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of the Syrian family's journey from a refugee camp in Jordan to Frankfurt, in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.
2/14/2017 • 9 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 20: 'I will make Syria more like Germany'
As they receive a vivid reminder of the home they've left behind, the family begin to question their plans for the future.
5/16/2016 • 14 minutes, 16 seconds
Episode 19: 'When the war ends, I will go back'
The new life for the family in Frankfurt falls short of their expectations.
4/21/2016 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 18: 'Now you’re safe. It’s your new house'
The family leave the refugee camp but are disappointed by their new home
3/14/2016 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 17: "It's all going so well..."
Three months on, tensions are rising in the refugee camp
2/12/2016 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 16: "Three months in Frankfurt"
The ups and downs of life in Frankfurt for one Syrian refugee family, the Dhnies. Their perilous journey from living as refugees in Jordan to Europe, in search of a better life.
For the last two years, the Dhnie family has been living as refugees in Jordan. In August, the family decided there was no future for them there and little prospect of returning to Syria. They packed up their lives and set off for the EU.
Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of their journey in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.
1/5/2016 • 8 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 15: "We want to live happy now"
The Dhnie family reflect on their new life in Frankfurt
11/30/2015 • 11 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 14: "They've arrived in Frankfurt"
The family are held in Hungary before a final sprint across Europe
11/27/2015 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 13: "I think the police got us"
The family cross the border to Hungary
11/24/2015 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 12: “I’m losing it…”
The family wait for their papers in Serbia but the lack of sleep is beginning to hit them
11/23/2015 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 11. "They were so kind with us"
A warmer welcome for the family in Serbia
11/20/2015 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Episode 10. Charging across the border
A riot breaks out and thousands - including the family - storm across the border
11/13/2015 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 9: A journey to change my life
The family spend a night sleeping in a field near Macedonia's border with Greece.
11/12/2015 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Episode 8: Walking in the dark to Macedonia
The family travel north through Greece towards the Macedonian border
11/12/2015 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 7: "No-one would think that police in Europe would do that"
The Dhnie family continue their journey - trying to board a ferry to Athens.
11/12/2015 • 6 minutes, 42 seconds
Episode 6: The Dhnie family make it to Greece
The Dhnie family make it to Greece by boat from Turkey.
11/12/2015 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 5: Plan B - Walking to Europe
The Dhnie family try Plan B - crossing the Turkish border by land
11/12/2015 • 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 4: "A lot of the countries don't want you to come"
Back in Izmir waiting for a boat to take them to Greece but starting to think of a Plan B
11/12/2015 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 3: "There was no one who knew how to drive the boat"
The family survive a failed attempt to sail to Greece.
11/12/2015 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 2: Preparing to sail to Greece
The Dhnie family prepare to sail to Greece
11/12/2015 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 1: "Everyone deserves a better life"
The Dhnie family have arrived in Turkey from Jordan in search of a route to Europe