Palestinian-Syrian refugee Ahmed, 27, travels by bus to the sea to swim for the first time in the Aegean Sea in Izmir, Turkey, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya
IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) - With migrants only allowed one backpack each on the smugglers' boats that carry them from Turkey to Greece, Ahmed, his wife Hanin and her family packed a few possessions and sent the rest of their belongings to friends.
Then they waited.
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