Refugee Convention at 75: The world must keep the promise that saved me

Ten years ago, I crossed the Aegean Sea in an overcrowded inflatable boat, hoping only to survive.

I did not leave Syria because I wanted a different life. I left because the life I knew had disappeared. War had taken away my home, interrupted my education and replaced every certainty I had with fear, loss and uncertainty.

Like millions of others before me, I suddenly became something I ha...