I’ve decided to ask the same six questions to the refugee youth of Idomeni to see if any of their thoughts and feelings are different to the adults and to show the dreams of these children who have grown up knowing almost nothing but war. Bian is just like any other 13yr old girl thatContinue reading “Interview with Bian a 13yr Old Girl From Damascus, Syria”
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My Refugee Journey – 4th May 2016 | Day 1 in Idomeni
My Refugee Journey – 4th May 2016 | Day 1 in Idomeni After talking to a taxi driver in Macedonia close to the border with Greece, we agreed for him to drop me off in view of the refugees in Idomeni from the Macedonia side of the border… This was for me to be ableContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 4th May 2016 | Day 1 in Idomeni”
My Refugee Journey – 30th April to 2nd May 2016 | Macedonia
My Refugee Journey – 30th April to 2nd May 2016 | Macedonia Saturday 30th April Three Syrian refugees who I’ve known since Lesvos are trapped in Macedonia in a refugee transit camp currently, but the support from some friends in Portugal and Canada, we are gathering together information to help get them asylum in Portugal. ThisContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 30th April to 2nd May 2016 | Macedonia”
A Look Inside Tabanovce Refugee Transit Camp | Macedonia
Tabanovce is a Refugee Transit Camp just inside the Macedonia on its border with Serbia… This small camp has been home recently to around 1500 refugees, though now at the time of writing this, the numbers have gone down to around 600 with very few making it into Macedonia now the borders are shut andContinue reading “A Look Inside Tabanovce Refugee Transit Camp | Macedonia”
My Refugee Journey – The Journey to Macedonia and First Day In Country 28th & 29th April 2016
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”
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)”
My Refugee Journey – 16th March 2016
My Refugee Journey – 16th March 2016 Today started off with catching up with a bit of admin and preparation on a visit to the Mayor’s Office here in Mytilini… Today at the Mayor’s office was just chatting about things in general and sorting interviews with the Mayor, Vice Mayor and other officials before IContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 16th March 2016”
My Refugee Journey – 15th March 2016
A reader of my blog following My Refugee Journey contacted me yesterday and mentioned some very valid points… I have been here for a month now and here for another month, lately I’ve been struggling to think what to write as basically all I do each day is hand out tea and always based onContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 15th March 2016”
My Refugee Journey – 14th March 2016
So my shifts change to nights again and tonight I will be on duty from 10pm to 4am basically patrolling the camp to make sure everyone is OK and the camp is safe. The day starts in the morning with me doing some writing for my website before meeting up for lunch with Fred andContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 14th March 2016”
My Refugee Journey – 13th March 2016
I will start with a few thoughts about the current refugee crisis, particularly on the Greek/Macedonia Border. The repercussions of Macedonia are very much now showing here on the island of Lesvos!!! Kara Tepe camp where I am based with HSA (Humanitarian Support Agency) has a capacity of approximately 1500 refugees, but at last countContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 13th March 2016”
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