Pošto im je nestajalo hrane, oni su isticanjem zastave na sebe privukli pažnju jednog francuskog bojnog broda u prolazu i spašeni su i odvedeni u savezničke izbjegličke logore, da bi se vratili nakon rata, kad je Hatay bio pod francuskim mandatom.
Running low on food, they caught the attention of a passing French warship by hoisting a banner, and were rescued and taken to Allied refugee camps before returning at the end of the war when Hatay was under French mandate.