A New Life in Europe: The Dhnie Family

Last week we heard how the parents have separated and are contemplating divorce. The children share how they feel about their parent's split.

In the spring of 2015 the Dhnie family embarked on the perilous journey to Europe. They risked their lives in rubber boats and got caught up in riots at border crossings, they slept rough, ran out of money and regularly asked themselves 'Is it worth it?' In this programme the family answer that question. Reporter Manveen Rana accompanied the Dhnies over the many months during which they made their way to Europe. She visits them in Germany to re-live key moments of their journey, and to find out what's happened to them since. She plays back the recordings she made with them and gathers the family's response, 18 months on. In this intimate and personal programme, Manveen reveals who has prospered and why some of the family bitterly regret the decision to seek a new life in Europe.

Last episode we heard the news that Majd the mother and Abdul Raoof the father have formally separated. The family's new life in Europe is not what they thought it would be and not all members have been finding it as easy to adapt. Manveen Rana finds out the reasons for the strain in the relationship.

The Dhnie family's new life in Germany has had a tremendous impact on their relationships. When Manveen Rana caught up with them, she found they had some shocking news.

Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of the Syrian family's journey from a refugee camp in Jordan to Frankfurt, in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.

As the children find integration easier than their father, the Dhnie family worry how long they will be able to stay in Germany. Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of the Syrian family's journey from a refugee camp in Jordan to Frankfurt, in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.

As they receive a vivid reminder of the home they've left behind, the family begin to question their plans for the future.

The new life for the family in Frankfurt falls short of their expectations.

The family leave the refugee camp but are disappointed by their new home.

Three months on, tensions are rising in the refugee camp.

The ups and downs of life in Frankfurt for one Syrian refugee family, the Dhnies. Their perilous journey from living as refugees in Jordan to Europe, in search of a better life. For the last two years, the Dhnie family has been living as refugees in Jordan. In August, the family decided there was no future for them there and little prospect of returning to Syria. They packed up their lives and set off for the EU. Manveen Rana documents the twists and turns of their journey in a series of reports for BBC Radio 4’s The World at One.

The Dhnie family reflect on their new life in Frankfurt.

The family are held in Hungary before a final sprint across Europe.

The family cross the border to Hungary.

The family await their papers in Serbia but the lack of sleep is beginning to hit them.

A warmer welcome for the family in Serbia.

A riot breaks out and thousands, including the family, storm across the border.

The family spend a night sleeping in a field near Macedonia's border with Greece.

The family travel north through Greece towards the Macedonian border.

The Dhnie family continue their journey by trying to board a ferry to Athens.