So far this year more than 90,000 refugees and asylum seekers have made the perilous journey by sea to Europe. Their stories tell of horrors left behind – of bombings, fighting, hunger, persecution and death Hassan is struggling to tell me why he left his country. “In Syria, people die so easily. Dying comes free. Life is so cheap now but life should be expensive.” He has just got off a train in a transit centre for refugees in Croatia with his wife and two daughters. Like the other refugees onboard, his family has been registered and, within hours, they hope to take the train again, to move one step closer to their destination.Hassan patiently perseveres, frustrated that he does not know enough English to describe what life is like in Syria. “I’m trying to