Ahmed Lababidi waits for the bus on Jeju Island. Lababidi left his war torn hometown, Aleppo, fleeing across the Turkish border in 2012.
Ahmed Lababidi fled his home in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Syria, in 2012. The 22 year old then traveled to South Korea with his brother, where they were able to secure visas with the help of a Syrian businessman in Seoul.
Soon after, Lababidi applied for refugee status, but he says Korean immigration officials denied his request.
"I can stay here, but not as a refugee," he recalls being told.
Lababidi settled on Jeju Island - a honeymoon destination for South Koreans - home. Though, for how much longer is anyone's guess.
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