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”
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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 – 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”
My Refugee Journey – 20th March 2016
My Refugee Journey – 20th March 2016 A VERY SAD DAY FOR HUMANITY… Well when I woke up this morning I really didn’t think I would witness what I did today, even after the confirmed EU-Turkey Agreement last night. Today started with huge speculation and rumor on many of the Lesvos Volunteer groups and pages. Continue reading “My Refugee Journey – 20th March 2016”
Turkey – EU Deal Confirmed, But Will it Hold? Will it Work?
Turkey – EU Deal Confirmed, But Will it Hold? Will it Work? So this evening March 16th 2016, the EU agreed with Turkey terms for a 1-in-1-out deal to stem the Refugee Crisis flooding into Europe. Under the arrangement with Turkey, as of midnight Sunday 20th March all refugees/migrants arriving on the Greek island ofContinue reading “Turkey – EU Deal Confirmed, But Will it Hold? Will it Work?”
One Pakistani Refugees Journey to a False Promise of Freedom
At the Pakistani protest against deportation at Better Days for Moria, I am approached by a Pakistani man in his 30s that wanted to tell me his story and for me to tell as many people of his story as possible. He invites me to his tent, his home for the past few days sinceContinue reading “One Pakistani Refugees Journey to a False Promise of Freedom”
My Refugee Journey – 17th March 2016
My Refugee Journey – 17th March 2016 Today I was helping out with a local group of Greek ladies who live here on the island of Lesvos. They have been making thousands of sandwiches now for two months heading down to the port to hand them out to refugees heading for Athens three times aContinue reading “My Refugee Journey – 17th March 2016”
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”
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