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10 July 2015Last updated at 11:45

Syrian Journey: Choose your own escape routePut yourself in the shoes of a Syrian migrant and see whether you could make the right choices on the journey to Europe. River

Syrian Journey: What would you take with you?

For some Syrian migrants who survived the journey from their homeland there were personal objects they could not leave behind.

The longest detour

The war in Syria led Badi to take his family to safety in Egypt - he then set out for the UK. His story illuminates a shadowy, corrupt network of migrant smugglers.

The special shoesTwo years before the start of a the Syrian revolution, a young man bought a pair of shoes and decided not to wear them until reunited with his mother in Rotherham.Huthaifah's shoes

24 hours in a fuel tankThree refugees from the war in Syria met in Turkey and crossed into Greece. They wanted to go further, though - and ended up travelling in a lorry's spare fuel tank.Fuel tank of a lorry

I nearly drowned in chocolateA Syrian refugee tells how he nearly drowned in a lorry of melted chocolate as he tried to enter the UK.Hand reaching out of chocolate

The Facebook smugglers selling the dream of Europe People smugglers are advertising their services on Facebook - it's a multi-million dollar business that has become, in effect, an alternative asylum service for the EU. Screenshot of a Facebook page showing a child on the wing of a plane

Syrian refugeesSyria's refugee exodus

The story of Syria's 2.7 million refugees forced to flee the violence engulfing their country.