'We have only this hope': One Syrian refugee's journey through Europe

Osama Tanjouri, a Syrian refugee, cries while speaking to CTV News at the Keleti station in Budapest on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015.

For fourteen days, Osama Tanjouri has been travelling on foot and by rail in hopes of reaching Germany.

The Syrian man is one of thousands of people who have been streaming across European borders, in search of asylum and a better life.

For Tanjouri, a fresh start in Germany, where he eventually hopes to bring his wife and son, is his “only hope.”

“It’s very hard to describe my feelings,” Tanjouri told CTV’s Paul Workman at the Keleti train station in Budapest on Thursday.

Tanjouri said he and other refugees have been treated poorly in some of the countries on their long and treacherous journey.

“We are very good people,” he said, noting that many Syrians who are fleeing the civil war in their homeland are highly educated and skilled.

He said he and other refugees are spending “our money, our energy” to escape violence and travel thousands of kilometres. But he said the authorities in Serbia and Macedonia simply wanted them out of the way as quickly as possible.

Tanjouri said he decided to go to Germany because of reports that the country is welcoming Syrian refugees.

“We have only this hope,” an emotional Tanjouri said as he described his difficult journey without his wife and son, who are still “under the bombs” in Syria.

Once he reaches Germany, Tanjouri hopes to bring them there within six months.

He broke down in tears as he talked about his family.

“I’m scared,” he said. “I will count the six months. I will count every day.”

With files from CTV's Paul Workman and photojournalist David Iacolucci in Budapest. Watch their full report on CTV National News.