sat 16 jan 2016, 20:58

Refugee wins a million

PARIS –

A Syrian asylum seeker has a lottery in France a prize of one million won.

Photo: REUTERS

The man, in his thirties bought his winning scratch card for ten euros in the place Bagnolet, near Paris. That happened already last may, but it was only this week received French media to air the story.

The Syrian, who his country in 2011 fled, would the money according to Le Parisien used to have to buy an apartment for the rest of his family to France. He also has plans to open a restaurant and to have better French to learn to speak. In Syria, he would a private company have had.

It is not the first time that a refugee wins a big prize in a European lottery. Last month won a migrant from Senegal, that in 2007 the crossing from Africa to Spain made, 400,000 euros in a Spanish lottery.