Hassan Ghedi Santur is Somali-Canadian journalist currently based in East Africa. For many years he worked as a radio journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producing long-form documentaries and current affairs shows. He is also a contributing editor for Warscapes, an independent online magazine that covers conflicts in under reported regions of the world. His print work has appeared in the New York Times, the Walrus Magazine among others. He is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism with MA in politics and global affairs and Pulitzer Center grantee. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/hassan-ghedi-santur/rss en Crises & Conflicts Refugee Voices Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Hassan Ghedi Santur https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/06/06/the-future-seekers-who-wont-take-europes-closed-doors-for-an-answer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/06/06/the-future-seekers-who-wont-take-europes-closed-doors-for-an-answer Behind every journey to Europe lies both extraordinary stories and very ordinary dreams. In this excerpt from Mediterranean, a new literary collection from Warscapes magazine, Hassan Ghedi Santur describes getting to know and losing touch with one man in Calais.