A REFUGEE has spoken of his family’s escape from war in Syria and resettlement at their new home in Colwyn Bay.
Omer Safer and wife Shirrin fled their home in Aleppo in 2013, two years after the violent campaign by ISIS began in the capital Damascus and would spread to nearby towns and cities.
Last month marked 10 years since the multi-sided civil war started with the armed suppression of Arab Spring protestors. An estimated 100,000 people are still living in refugee camps, including Omer’s brother, Awaz, in Northern Iraq.
“We moved to Kobani in 2013 but then ISIS came and we had to leave again,” said Omer. “We knew we had to leave Syria permanently because it was not safe.”