REFUGEE INTERVIEW
Name: Mohammed and Khaldoun
- Where do you come from?
- We both come from Syria.
- Why did you escape from Syria?
- Khaldoun: Mainly because of the war and that I don’t want to be in the army.
- Why did you come to Norway?
- Mohammed: Because Norway is a democratic country, and because of the nice people, the rights we get here, the freedom and the peace.
- Khaldoun: I came here because two of my best friends are married to two Norwegian women.
- How did you came to Norway?
- Mohammed: Syria-Lebanon-Turkey-boat to Greece-Macedonia-Slovenia-Austria-Germany-Denmark-Sweden-Norway-Batnfjordsøra
- Khaldoun: Syria-Serbia-Hungary-Germany-Denmark-Sweden-Norway-Batnfjordsøra
- Do you have family and friends in your home country? Do you miss them?
- Khaldoun: Yes I have my mom and my dad there. And of course I miss them.
- Do you want to return to your home country some time?
- Not before the war has ended.
- What is your dream in the future?
- Complete Norwegian school, study at a university, get a job and be economically independent.
- What do you think about Norwegians?
- I have met two kinds of Norwegians, one of them is open and wants to start a conversation, and the other one is more afraid of you because you come from another country and a country with a war.
- Is there anything you could do in Syria that you can't do in Norway?
- Khaldoun: No, not really. Just that you can't get a tan in the winter.
- Khaldoun: My hobby is to play electric-guitar.
- Mohammed: I like to do taekwondo.
- Can you tell us anything about your country?
- It is a nice country, the village that I come form is known for its fruits, especially apples.
