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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Ahead of International Migrants Day on Friday, we are offering two stories about an Iraqi family whom AFP first met after they crossed the Mediterranean in search of a better life in peace and safety at the height of Europe's migrant crisis in 2015. Since then, the AFP team has followed every step of their journey, from crossing borders, to arriving in migrant shelters, requests for asylum and finally the start of their new life in the Netherlands. The stories are accompanied by recent and archive photos as well as AFP blogs written at key stages of their story. + 'We made it': Iraqi refugee family is home at last + Migrant route to refugee status: an Iraqi family's odyssey Europe-migrants-Iraq-conflict,SPECIAL REPORT DUIVEN, Netherlands He sought safety. She wanted freedom. They were dreams they could have died for. In 2015, with four-month-old Adam strapped to his father's chest in a baby carrier, Iraqi couple Ahmad and Alia joined the million migrants who crossed the Mediterranean to Europe's shores. 2,000 words by Serene Assir. Pictures by Aris Messinis. Video by Celine Jankowiak Europe-migrants-Iraq-conflict,CHRONO DUIVEN, Netherlands In September 2015 as Europe confronts its worst refugee crisis since World War II, an AFP team meets a young Iraqi couple, who are among the one million people that year to arrive in Europe by sea. 1,000 words by Serene Assir. Pictures by Aris Messinis. Video by Celine Jankowiak afp
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