Hamam
is
10
years
old
and
is
from
?
Iraq
?
.
His
hometown
has
been
severely
?
damaged
?
by
war
.
This
war
has
lasted
?
several
?
years
and
it
?
s
no
longer
safe
for
the
people
who
live
there
,
especially
for
?
children
?
.
Hamam
?
s
family
,
including
his
one
-
year
-
old
?
baby
____________________
?
,
managed
to
?
escape
?
Iraq
.
But
they
then
had
to
face
a
long
,
?
hazardous
?
boat
voyage
.
Hamam
said
:
?
I
was
really
scared
going
into
the
boat
.
It
was
our
first
time
ever
going
onto
the
sea
.
The
boat
was
?
filling
up
?
with
water
.
?
Worried
and
afraid
,
cold
and
tired
,
Hamam
?
s
mother
?
offered
?
to
take
them
back
home
.
They
were
faced
with
a
choice
to
either
return
to
a
country
at
war
or
to
take
this
boat
journey
.
Hamam
remained
brave
:
neither
the
sea
nor
his
fear
could
change
his
mind
.
?
My
mum
tried
to
comfort
me
.
She
said
:
?
Don
?
t
be
scared
,
we
will
go
back
.
But
I
said
:
?
No
,
mum
,
I
don
?
t
want
us
to
go
back
?
.
?
Hamam
and
his
family
made
it
?
across
?
safely
and
are
now
staying
in
?
Kara
Tepe
?
refugee
____________________
on
the
?
Greek
island
?
of
?
Lesvos
?
.
Hamam
?
s
mother
,
Hanaa
,
spoke
about
how
?
relieved
?
she
is
to
see
her
son
enjoying
life
again
:
?
In
Iraq
,
even
when
the
children
play
,
they
play
at
war
because
their
____________________
is
?
filled
?
with
nothing
but
war
,
?
she
says
.
Happily
,
Hamam
and
his
family
are
now
safe
.
He
is
enjoying
playing
with
other
children
his
age
and
is
ready
to
start
a
new
life
with
his
family
.
