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Fleeing Syria 10 years on: 'We cried all the way to Jordan'
It鈥檚 10 years since the Zaatari refugee camp opened in Jordan, providing a safe home for people fleeing the war in Syria.
Maha Mansour arrived in 2012 with her three children: Hadeel, Linda and Mohammed.
Maha said leaving their hometown of Mhajja and saying goodbye to family and friends was hard.
鈥淲e cried the whole way to Jordan,鈥� she said.
The family lived in a tent in the camp at first but now have a static home with a kitchen and bathroom.
Mohammed, aged 13, said: 鈥淲hen my mum asks me about going back to Syria, I refuse, because this is my home.鈥�
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