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‘I was the last person pulled alive from the boat’: An Afghan student’s 19-month odyssey to reunite with his sister in Galway

Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned

By Sorcha Pollak
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04 Jan 2024, 06:07 UTC
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Sorcha Pollak
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Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned
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    ‘I was the last person pulled alive from the boat’: An Afghan student’s 19-month odyssey to reunite with his sister in Galway

    Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned

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