Story highlights Milad traveled for seven days in a small wooden boat to reach Europe, and snuck into the UK hidden in a truck

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London (CNN) His journey took four months and cost thousands of dollars. But he is one of those lucky enough to have made it.

"I'm in UK now, I'm in safe place ... I can start to build something for my life," said Milad, who asked that his real name not be used because he fears the family he left behind in Syria may face reprisals.

Milad snuck into the United Kingdom from Belgium late last year, hidden in a smuggler's truck. It took him five tries before he made it across the border. He checked his smartphone to make sure he was in Britain, before he and another Syrian refugee inside the truck started banging on the door. The driver never came, but the police did -- they took Milad to a refugee center.

But that was one of the easier parts of his journey. Before that he had traveled from Syria to Egypt, boarding a small, crowded wooden boat in Alexandria that sailed for two days to Libya before picking up even more refugees and migrants, until about 400 people were on board. Most of them were from Syria, some were from Egypt and Afghanistan, a few were from Africa. They sailed toward Italy for seven days.

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During those days and nights on the Mediterranean Sea, he survived on water and some dates. He read the Quran. And he prayed.

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