GERMANY / SYRIAN FAMILY REUNITED

Three years after fleeing Syria,18-year-old Numeir, who was scared he would be conscripted into the army, finally reunited with his family in Germany. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:44
• Production Date: 23 July 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: GERMANY; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2205739
• Parent Id: 2205739
• Alternate Title: unifeed180723a

Description

STORY: GERMANY / SYRIAN FAMILY REUNITED
RT: 3:44
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTION: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 10 MAY 2018, CRETE, GREECE / 16-17 MAY 2018, LENSAHN AND HAMBURG, GERMANY

Shotlist

10 MAY 2018, CRETE, GREECE

1. Wide shot, Ismain, Fada and their children packing

16 MAY 2018, LENSAHN, GERMANY

2. Various shots, Numeir making a bed
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“Since I left my parents everything has been really hard, as you'd expect because I'm apart from my family. The most difficult thing is the longing, I miss them so much.”

10 MAY 2018, CRETE, GREECE

4. Various shots, Ismain, Fada and their children packing
5.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismain, Numeir’s father and Syrian Refugee:
“I am very happy, a happiness that is indescribable. I will be seeing my son after so long and after so much hardship and displacement from a country to another.”

17 MAY 2018, LENSAHN, GERMANY

6.Wide shot, Numeir walking out of house
7.Wide shot, Numeir walking towards car
8.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“I’m going to meet my family. It is just two hours until I see them.”

17 MAY 2018, LENSAHN, GERMANY

9.Close up, Numeir in the car driving to airport

17 MAY 2018, HAMBURG AIRPORT

10. Various shots, Numeir at airport
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“My heart is beating so hard, I'm about to see my family. Finally,I'll see my mum again, my mum is my heaven. I’ve missed her so much, and in just a few minutes I'm going to see her.”
12.Various shots, Numeir and family reunited
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismain, Numeir’s father and Syrian Refugee:
“I left my son when he was young, he had to leave home because of the war and the embargo. He was just a small boy but now I'm surprised he is bigger and taller than me.”

17 MAY 2018, LENSAHN, GERMANY

14. Various shots, Numeir’s family at the lake near their new house
15.SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Fada, Numeir’s mother and Syrian Refugee:
“We can now forget the past, we are starting a new page here, we will live together as family once more. Our lives will change. No more war, embargo. We want to start a new chapter of our lives. I want to raise my children and send them to school where they could be educated.”
16.Close up, Numeir’s little sister
17. Wide shot, pan of lake
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“I’m very happy that my mum is next to me, I feel so relaxed. Today is a beautiful day, I will never forget it.”
19. Various shots, Numeir’s family walking back home

Storyline

18 years old Numeir, is getting his flat ready in Germany. Meanwhile, his family is packing in Greece. After three years apart, the family are about to be reunited.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“Since I left my parents everything has been really hard, as you'd expect because I'm apart from my family. The most difficult thing is the longing, I miss them so much.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismain, Numeir’s father and Syrian Refugee:
“I am very happy, a happiness that is indescribable, I will be seeing my son after so long and after so much hardship and displacement from a country to another.”

Numeir left Syria when he was 15, as he was worried he would be conscripted into the army.

He now lives in Northern Germany with his cousins

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“I’m going to meet my family, it’s just two hours till I see them. Last night I couldn't sleep. I feel like it is the night before Eid, Before Eid I can't sleep and this is what happened to me last night.”

His parents and siblings have been living in Crete, Greece for the past two years.

But at any moment, they’ll be arriving here in Hamburg.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“My heart is beating so hard, I'm about to see my family. Finally, I'll see my mum again, my mum is my heaven. I’ve missed her so much, and in just a few minutes I'm going to see her.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismain, Numeir’s father and Syrian Refugee:
“I left my son when he was young, he had to leave home because of the war and the embargo. He was just a small boy but now I'm surprised he is bigger and taller than me.”

The family will now live in the town of Lensahn, where they will try and integrate into the local community.

SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Fada, Numeir’s mother and Syrian Refugee:
“We can now forget the past, we are starting a new page here, we will live together as family once more, our lives will change, no more war, embargo, I we want to start a new chapter of our lives. I want to raise my children and send them to school where they could be educated.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Numeir, Syrian Refugee:
“I’m very happy that my mum is next to me, I feel so relaxed. Today is a beautiful day, I will never forget it.”