Pakistani Protest Against Deportation – 17th March 2016

Anyone that isn’t Syrian, Iraqi or Afghan, have their Refugee Journey terminated once they get to Lesvos… The unofficial Camp once known as Afghan Hill and now called Better Days For Moria is full of over 500 Pakistani refugee/migrants looking to flee persecution from Taliban and for some their religious beliefs that are not acceptedContinue reading “Pakistani Protest Against Deportation – 17th March 2016”

A Snapshot Of Life In The Refugee Camp At Idomeni

This gallery has photos showing life in the Refugee Camp in Idomeni, an unofficial camp in the North of Greece on the border with Macedonia.  I covered the story of the refugees in this camp in the last six weeks up to the eviction by the Greek Police & Army. The day before the evictionContinue reading “A Snapshot Of Life In The Refugee Camp At Idomeni”

My Refugee Journey – 11th March 2016

My Refugee Journey – Friday 11th March 2016 My first real day off since I got to Lesvos on 6thApril…  I’ve hurt my back enough for the Doc to give me two days off.  Day was spent doing admin so I guess not totally a day off but sat down doing admin on the laptopContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 11th March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 10th March 2016

My Refugee Journey – 10th March 2016 A day that left me by the end of it being stabbed in the arse!!!  The day started off normally, off to camp for 2pm start at Kara Tepe Camp where I got to work on making more tea for the refugees and handing out lunch…  The dayContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 10th March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 9th March 2016

My Refugee Journey – 9th March 2016 Today the morning shift have still not been able to make tea for the refugees in camp, so when our shift get to camp at 2pm, we are hoping to get the tea on as soon as we can during our shift.  But we have problems still, weContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 9th March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 8th March 2016

My Refugee Journey – 8th March 2016 Today at camp there’s a lot of moving around in the community square we call Kara Tepe Square…  The area where the refugees gather and where we serve the tea, and food.  A number of new large containers have arrived and we’ve been told we need to moveContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 8th March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 3rd March 2016

My Refugee Journey – 3rd March 2016 Today Ive sort of got a day off to help my back recover, but I’ve already arranged to be with Nicolle Hodges from CTV (A Canadian TV Channel) who was going to volunteer from 4pm-midnight at Kara Tepe, helping with the tea, so we meet up before and weContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 3rd March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 1/2nd March 2016

My Refugee Journey – 1st and 2nd March 2016 Back on Tea duty at Kara Tepe Refugee Camp – a very busy camp with over 1000 refugees on site – at 6pm about 400 refugees left for the ferry to Athens but coaches full of refugees keep arriving – speaking to my UNHCR Friend AbdulaContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 1/2nd March 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 26th to 29th February 2016

My Refugee Journey – 26th February to 29th February 2016 Well it’s been hectic! Boats are coming across from Turkey at a much bigger rate – It’s been so busy Ive not even had chance to write my blog onto the word doc before I post it to my website.  So although I have everythingContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 26th to 29th February 2016”

My Refugee Journey – 21st February 2016

My Refugee journey – 21st February 2016 Well I can start with saying that the weather was much better tonight than the first night of heavy winds coming off the sea…  The day started after a mornings sleep and then I headed off to the OP (Observation Post) where I was the night before toContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 21st February 2016”