Fishing creates friendship among refugees on Crete

Credits: Dalal Mawad, producer / Bela Szandelszky, camera-editor | 29 March 2018

Neither Ismain or Walid knew anything about fishing before they wound up living on a Mediterranean island. But angling has brought the Syrian and Iraqi asylum-seekers together, giving them a passion and a potential livelihood.

See also: Asylum-seekers fish for food, fun and friendship in Crete

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