Meet the 26-year-old Syrian refugee who took a gruelling 55-day journey from Aleppo to Hull
Ahmad Al-Rashid
In September 2015, then Prime Minister David Cameron pledged that Britain would "live up to its moral responsibility" and take 20,000 more Syrian refugees from camps on the borders of Syria by 2020.
However, a Home Affairs Committee report released on August 4 said that it is "unlikely" that Britain will meet this target. Between September 2015 and March 2016, only 1,602 Syrian refugees have been resettled, according to the report.
Al-Rashid is not included in this number as he arrived in the UK illegally in July 2015, on the back of a lorry at the end of a gruelling 55-day journey from Aleppo to Hull.
Business Insider spoke to Al-Rashid about what it's like to be part of Britain's tiny community of Syrian refugees.
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