Sally Hayden and Ziad Algahandour
Ireland and Syria
Print category, English, 1st Prize
Winning entry
The road back to Damascus
Published in /on
The Irish Times / 2 December, 2017
Next production funded by the Migration Media Award
Though refugee returns from to Syria are halted nationally in Germany, some states have begun implementing their own return programmes, including Hesse, which gives financial help to refugees who want to return home. The work entails travelling to Hesse to learn about their programmes: how their returns-counselling works; who has applied to return; why they’ve left; and what happens to them after they go back to Syria.