In Part 1 of Episode 1, we meet Farhan, Ayan, Ali and Alia, four young refugees from Afghanistan who somehow ended up in Malaysia after escaping persecution and abuse. We follow their stories from when they left their homes to come to Malaysia and the circumstances that brought them here.

Lone Passage is a production of Renegade Radio in collaboration with MalaysiaKini. To read the special report that accompanies this podcast series, visit https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/lonepassage/en

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Lone Passage is hosted by Fatima Qureshi and is produced and edited by Jasmine Gires.

Reporting for this series is done by Aidila Razak and Jasmine Gires.

Writing and research for the podcast is by Jasmine Gires and Fatima Qureshi.

Theme music is:

Pointless by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/151-pointless
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music:

Time Is Now by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/395-time-is-now
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Refugees by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/539-refugees
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Children Of MH17 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/268-the-children-of-mh17
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Waltz Of Loneliness by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6331-waltz-of-loneliness
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Devastation and Revenge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3644-devastation-and-revenge
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sheltered Swan by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4973-sheltered-swan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional sounds from http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/

Artwork is by Anthony Khoo.