--- title: "A life on hold" description: "Hassan had to flee from Syria. Back home, he had plans for his future. Now in Jordan, Hassan plans every new day on its one." url: "https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2018/a-life-on-hold" language: "en" published: "2018-09-06T10:03:00Z" modified: "2018-07-27T10:03:43Z" --- #WEareYOUTH: # A life on hold Sara Plassnig Published 06. Sep 2018 Updated 27. Jul 2018 [Jordan](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=71) [Syria](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=108) [Syria crisis](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=164) [Youth](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=169) Hassan, 26, lives as a Syrian refugee in Jordan. Photo: NRC This article was first published more than 8 years ago Hassan had to flee from Syria. Back home, he had plans for his future. Now in Jordan, Hassan plans every new day on its one. Hassan, 26, from Syria has sought refuge abroad. In his video blog, he speaks about how life is as a young refugee: How is it to stay in a refugee camp? Where does he want to travel? Who is he in love with? What are his plans for the future? Follow the VLOG of Hassan and learn more about refugee youth or get to know our other [vloggers](https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2018/vlogs-voices-of-refugee-youth). Hassan, 26, from Syria, lives as a refugee in Jordan. Video: NRC > Hi, my name is Hassan. I am from Syria, but due to the war I am living as a refugee in Jordan. I would like to tell you about my life in Syria and how my life has changed after I was forced to flee. Video: NRC > There are no days without challenges. Video: NRC > When my mum contacts my brother, we start going back to dark memories. Video: NRC > When I go back to Syria, I'll be empowered and ready, and haven't wasted all those years of war. Video: NRC > Then, we planned what we would do when we grew up, now it's different. I plan every day on its own. **More about the situation in Syria:** 2017 was one of the worst years in the seven-year Syria crisis and 2018 is on track to be equally devastating for civilians. Syria witnessed shocking rates of displacement, with 3.8 million people forced to flee because of intensified fighting between government and opposition forces. Across the region, Syrian refugees remain vulnerable and pressured to return to their war-torn country. The needs on the ground are increasing at an alarming rate, and aid agencies warn they will be unable to meet them. Around 2.9 million people were internally displaced by violence in Syria in 2017 alone, with continued attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure like schools and hospitals. 7.3 million Syrians are living in communities reporting explosive hazards such as mines, unexploded or abandoned bombs, cluster munitions, grenades, and rockets shells. Access to aid has been systematically compromised and denied by the warring parties inside Syria. This has deliberately harmed civilians and, in some cases, turned humanitarian workers into targets. Across the region, 2.7 million Syrian children are still out of school. Millions of Syrians, inside and outside the country, lack legal documents and are not registered, which makes it difficult for them to access aid, education and employment. At the same time, a [report](https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/dangerous-ground---syrias-refugees-face-an-uncertain-future) from Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and other aid organisations from February 2018 showed that hundreds of thousands of Syrians risk being forced to return. Many of them will have to return to unsafe, explosive-ridden and devastated neighbourhoods without basic services, or to where there is still active fighting. The majority of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan live below the poverty line. Their precarious situation might lead them to return to Syria before it is safe.