He is in Home Office accommodation in east London and is given £36.95 per week to live on. Both his parents were killed in the conflict.Īfter escaping from Syria, he embarked on a dangerous journey through Jordan, Egypt, Libya, sailed on a dinghy to Italy, then travelled to France, finally reaching the UK last year and claiming asylum. Anti-government protests in Daraa are said to have triggered the beginning of the Syrian uprising in 2011. In 2012, the asylum seeker fled Daraa in Syria, where he had been working as a cook in a restaurant.
Because he could not afford it and his position in the UK was in jeopardy, a third party has paid the fine.
