Refugee Mario is turning Europe’s migrant crisis into a video game
Sep12
Tomorrow marks the 30th birthday of Super Mario. However, this video isn’t the type of homage you’d expect to be seeing. It’s not a celebration, it’s a true to life depiction of the current refugee crisis in Europe. As BBC Trending reports, it was made by a young Syrian man, Samir Al-Mufti (pseudonym), who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He witnessed many of his friends fleeing for Europe and wants to show the world the life threatening risks people are undertaking in his own way. He told BBC Trending: Five months ago my best friend drowned in the sea while travelling from…
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