Adam talks with Hassan Akkad about why and how he came to leave Damascus and make the dangerous journey to seek refuge in Europe as an illegal immigrant.

Information about the ‘TimePeace’ - a mobile app, which will connect asylum seekers and locals, to meet and share for free their skills, passions and interests, here: https://www.timepeaceapp.org/

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.

Music & jingles by Adam Buxton

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