The Syrian Civil War

In 2010, Syria was one of the fastest growing lower middle income countries in the world. By 2015, more than three million Syrians had fled the fighting for neighboring countries like Lebanon. One million Syrian refugees made it over to Europe that year and the bulk of them traveled on foot from Greece,. up through the Balkans and into Western Europe. A huge number of these people spoke English. They were just normal people, like anyone you'd meet on the street.