After three days of unwavering grief in the wake of what may prove to be one of the deadliest European shipwrecks in modern times, a moment of euphoria flickered on the cement and steel port of Kalamata in southern Greece.
Fadi, a Syrian-born Palestinian who lives in the Netherlands, arrived at dawn, and through the gates of the port, spotted the teenage sibling he feared had died. The two young men burst into tears as Fadi reached his arms through the gate, grasping his younger brother’s scratched and battered face in his hands and kissing it.
“Thank God you’re safe,” Fadi said
