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Syrian refugee Khaled al Dieri, now in Madrid.
IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE

Khaled’s two journeys to Spain

He was the first Syrian national to seek asylum at the Melilla border station. A bureaucratic glitch saw him flee the country to seek refuge elsewhere in Europe, but he was sent back to Spain. Now, Khaled is a happy Madrid resident who holds a job and dreams of opening his own restaurant one day

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