Lucky Syrian refugee wins 1M euro in French lottery
After a Senegalese migrant won 400,000 euros in a Christmas draw last month, a Syrian man based in Paris is the next lucky refugee to win the big prize of 1 million euros in the French lottery, Al Jazeera reported.A 10-euro scratch ticket made him millionaire in June, but the refugee's story recently came out, following a confirmation by the Federation Française, the operator of France's national lottery, to local French newspaper Le Parisien.The 30-year-old man took shelter in France in 2011 and is said to have used his money to buy an apartment and run a business. Al Jazeera further reported the refugee used to run a small business in Syria.More than 1 million refugees and migrants entered the European Union this year, while almost 3,700 died or went missing in perilous journeys, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced late December.
Last Update: January 17, 2016 15:29