My Refugee Journey – The Journey to Macedonia and First Day In Country 28th & 29th April 2016 Belgrade to Tabanovce Refugee Transit Camp in Macedonia on the Serbian border… I arrived at the Belgrade Bus Station in plenty of time to board the coach that was due to leave at 11:20am – I waitedContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – The Journey to Macedonia and First Day In Country 28th & 29th April 2016”
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My Refugee Journey – 21st April 2016 Belgrade
My Refugee Journey – 21st April 2016 Belgrade I woke up today to find out that Serbian Police had moved in on the two parks where most of the refugees live and sleep and evicted the refugees from the area. All tents were confiscated, cut up and thrown in the bin, sleeping bags and blanketsContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 21st April 2016 Belgrade”
The Despair of One Afghan Migrant Wanting To Be Reunited With His Wife & Baby in the UK
The Despair of One Afghan Migrant Wanting To Be Reunited With His Wife & Baby in the UK Today I met with an Afghan male who during the US lead war in Afghanistan was a translator for the British Army. He didn’t want his name used or a photo of him for reasons you willContinue reading “The Despair of One Afghan Migrant Wanting To Be Reunited With His Wife & Baby in the UK”
My Refugee Journey – Belgrade 17th April 2016
My Refugee Journey – Belgrade 17th April 2016 The day started with heading down to the two parks near the Belgrade railway station where the refugees are situated. They are two small parks where a strange co-existence of both refugees and locals during the day sit and relax in the park… During days like todayContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – Belgrade 17th April 2016”
My Refugee Journey – 16th April The Belgrade Marathon & 5km
My Refugee Journey – 16th April The Belgrade Marathon & 5km So one of the things I had already planned to do before I got to Belgrade, Serbia was to run the Belgrade 5km Fun Run… I had been in contact with Refugee Aid Serbia, one of the local NGOs (Non-Government Organisations) in Belgrade toContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 16th April The Belgrade Marathon & 5km”
My Refugee Journey 13th – 15th April 2016 – Belgrade Serbia
I’ve now been in Belgrade Serbia for three days; I arrived on Wednesday 13th first thing in the morning after my flight from Gatwick to Belgrade via Istanbul where I had to wait for 8hrs between flights. I flew by Turkish Airlines who were awesome! I really mean that, the plane was very comfortable, theContinue reading “My Refugee Journey 13th – 15th April 2016 – Belgrade Serbia”
My Refugee Journey – The Why
My Refugee Journey – The Why After watching the refugee crisis unfold in the news and media, I felt I had to see for myself and planned My Refugee Journey, the plan was to cover as many countries as possible that were affected by the crisis, along with attempting the journey the refugees take toContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – The Why”
My Refugee Journey – 31st March 2016
Its now been a week since I arrived back home from Lesvos after two months volunteering on the front line of the Refugee Crisis hitting the shores of Europe. Like many, I felt that I couldn’t just watch it on the TV anymore and felt compelled to do something, so I linked up with anContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 31st March 2016”
Safwat’s Journey – A Syrian Refugee on his way to Germany
Safwat’s Journey – A Syrian Refugee on his way to Germany I met Safwat at the Syrian Family Refugee Camp on Lesvos called Kara Tepe… He spoke excellent English and helped me during a busy time giving out sleeping bags and blankets one night, helping with translations. He felt he had to return the favourContinue reading “Safwat’s Journey – A Syrian Refugee on his way to Germany”
My Refugee Journey – 20th March (Dark Days)
My Refugee Journey – 20th March 2016 Today has ended with UNHCR pulling out transporting migrants/refugees from the shore to Camp Moria due to Moria becoming a detention centre and not a humanitarian centre for refugees. Its just one more tragedy of a day full of tragedy to humanity. Its as if the EU haveContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 20th March (Dark Days)”
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