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In pictures: resettled Syrian families around the UK

Meet the Syrian families as they begin their new lives in the UK

8 November 2017

"We left Syria as it was not a safe place for us to be." Nehad, Merry, and their son have found safety in the UK.

"We left Syria as it was not a safe place for us to be." Nehad, Merry, and their son have found safety in the UK.

"We left Syria as it was not a safe place for us to be." Nehad, Merry, and their son, resettled under the VPRS scheme, enjoy a day on Brighton beach

Syrian refugee Joud playing on a London bus on Brighton Pier. Joud and his family were resettled to the UK from Syria in 2016.

Now resettled in the UK, Talal's exercise book helps him to practise English every day.

Mohammad (left), 12, pictured with his sister Aisha, 10, brother Oweis, 4, and father Mohammed, 38, at their new home in Edinburgh.

First trip on the London Underground for a Syrian family who were resettled from the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Jinan, her parents and two siblings, fled their home in Syria and lived as refugees in Lebanon, before being granted resettlement in the UK.

3-year-old Joud plays at a nursery in South London.

"I was very happy when I came here. It felt like home." Hiba and her daughter at their new home in London.

A new start: Talal plays games with his son Hisham.

First trip on the London Underground for a Syrian family who were resettled from the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. in 2016.

"We left Syria as it was not a safe place for us to be." Nehad, Merry, and their son, resettled under the VPRS scheme, enjoy a day on Brighton beach

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