Synopsis
How do you make friends in a new school if can't speak their language? 12-year-old Adel knows exactly how this feels as he had to leave his home in Syria three years ago and move to the UK as a refugee.
- Programme: My Life
- Series: 8
- Episode: New Boys in Town
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2017
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