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  • People around the more organized section of the camp.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
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  • Afghan man outside the temporaty structure that serves as his home at the camp, by some ancient Greek looking pillars.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    052-LESVOS-MORIA-7134.jpg
  • The inner section of the camp. Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    048-LESVOS-MORIA-6518.jpg
  • Rahmat Qorbani (24) is from Kabul in Afghanistan. He studied photography at the art university of Kabul and he was working as a photographer for Afghani newspapers. His family is educated and his father is a teacher. The little money he was making with his work and the war with the Taliban who recently killed his cousin, scared him and made him decide to leave the country in search for a better future. He came to Greece via Iran and Turkey and his final destination is Ireland as he heard that it is easier for refugees to be accepted there. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    051-LESVOS-MORIA-7130.jpg
  • Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    055-LESVOS-MORIA-7320.jpg
  • In th eevening, fires are lit for cooking and for getting together around them. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    062-LESVOS-MORIA-7463.jpg
  • Man inside his tent.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    063-LESVOS-MORIA-7475.jpg
  • Food distribution.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    057-LESVOS-MORIA-7083.jpg
  • Food distribution.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    056-LESVOS-MORIA-7019.jpg
  • Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    054-LESVOS-MORIA-6471.jpg
  • Saheb Zade Bashira with one of her their children in front of the tent where she is staying. <br />
They are from Kabul in Afghanistan where her husband had a street stall selling clothes. After an explosion near their home killed her nephew who was a policeman, they got scared and decided to leave the country. They want to go to Switzerland. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    047-LESVOS-MORIA-7116.jpg
  • In th eevening, fires are lit for cooking and for getting together around them. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    061-LESVOS-MORIA-7422.jpg
  • Old man organizing his spot for the night.<br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    060-LESVOS-MORIA-7390.jpg
  • Rahmatullah (24, on the left) is travelling together with his middle brother Aziz (21, on the right). He is fluent in English as he used to work as a translator for the American army. He left Afghanistan once and lived in the US for two years until he was asked to leave the country because of a fight he had had with a US solder in Afghanistan. He said that what happened was that he stopped the US solder when he entered a house and tried to rape a young Afghani mother. He had to return to Afghanistan. He stayed there for two years but he often received threats because Afghanis saw him as someone who had collaborated with the “infidel”. Six months ago they attacked and injured his younger brother with a hand-grenade, mistaking him for Rahmatullah. He and his brother Aziz left Afghanistan 45 days ago and crossed to Greece via Turkey. Their final destination is Denmark where they already have members of their family living there. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    050-LESVOS-MORIA-7113.jpg
  • Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    049-LESVOS-MORIA-6453.jpg
  • As the evening comes, groups of Afghan youth get together to play music on plastic buckets etc., sing and dance. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    059-LESVOS-MORIA-7372.jpg
  • Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    053-LESVOS-MORIA-7072.jpg
  • As the evening comes, groups of Afghan youth get together to play music on plastic buckets etc., sing and dance. Here the young men immitate a female dance. <br />
Moria refugee camp is a bit further out of Mytilene city and it is divided in two sections. The inner part is well organised with buildings and police guarding it, and the outer part where mainly Afghan refugees live in tents and is purely guarded with chaotic situations, mainly during food distribution, frequently occur.
    058-LESVOS-MORIA-7240.jpg
  • Refugee family that spent the night at the port. They didn't have a tent and they used carton boxes to protect their young son from the cold. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    078-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6685.jpg
  • Refugee observing the port in the morning light. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    088-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2585.jpg
  • Refugee smoking a cigaret while looking at the ferry to Athens that is about to dissapear in the horizon.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    076-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2513.jpg
  • Pastor Simon (60) in front of pictures of his family, in the Mae La refugee camp. Pastor Simon is a Karen refugee who used to teach theology at a university in Rangoon and has been living in the camp for 20 years. He is the director of Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Churches of the refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border and he runs the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School & College, a theology high school and college that has been functioning in the camp for 20 years. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Fields where te Burmese refugees of Mae La refugee camp grow their vegetables and rice. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    10_THAILAND077a.jpg
  • Esther Htoo (56) is ethnic Karen from Insei town near Rangoon. She came to Mae La refugee camp in 2004, together with her two sons. She hopes that her family will be accepted by the US government to relocated there as refugees..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen couple: Ler Lay Kler (32) with his wife Shirley (29) and their child Cherry (14 months old), inside their house at Mae La refugee camp. Ler Lay comes from Mon state in Burma and has been to the camp since 1993. Shirley has been at the camp since 2005. They met and got married in the camp. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    08_THAILAND073a.jpg
  • Karen girl reading a translated Japanese manga inside one of the library buildings of Mae La refugee camp. The library is supported by "Shanti Volunteer Association" (www.sva.or.jp), a Japanese NGO. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen women doing their laundry and taking a bath next to a well inside Mae La refugee camp..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Schoolchildren inside the refugee school in Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    02_THAILAND049a.jpg
  • Pataw (47) has been living in the camp for 7 years. He used to live at the Karen State in Myanmar/Burma and  for 3 years he was fighting with the Karen Liberation Arm. He was injured when during an offence towards the Burmese army he fell on a landmine. Then he was helped to escape. He lives inside the building of the Karen Handicap Welfare Association in Mae La camp. He has 3 children from 9 to 20 years old still living in Myanmar. He hopes that one day there will be freedom so that he ca return to his country and his family. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    04_THAILAND053a.jpg
  • Man who was blinded during the fighting between the Karen liberation army that he was fighting with and the Burmese army troups, in the kitchen of the disabled people's home inside Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    05_THAILAND054a.jpg
  • Young refugees waiting near the port police. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    086-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6661.jpg
  • Refugees staring at the ferry to Athens in the morning light. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    075-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2484.jpg
  • One of the many neoclasic houses of Mytilene city stands empty by the port where refugees have to spend the night in tents. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    084-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6564.jpg
  • Refugees waiting for the ticket office to open so that they can buy tickets for the ferry to Athens. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    085-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6631.jpg
  • Refugees queuing in front of the Port police in order to apply for a permit to stay in Greece. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    082-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6572.jpg
  • Refugees queuing in front of the Port police in order to apply for a permit to stay in Greece. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    080-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2532.jpg
  • Refugees queuing in front of the Port police in order to apply for a permit to stay in Greece. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    079-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6646.jpg
  • Refugees queuing in front of the Port police in order to apply for a permit to stay in Greece. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    081-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2553.jpg
  • Refugees gathering under the shade of a ferry. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    087-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-7562.jpg
  • Refugees that spent the night at the port, using bottles with watter to wash themselves.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    077-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2498.jpg
  • Faris (24 centre) with his wife Nour (18,5 right) and his brother Mohamed (12) are from Aleppo in Syria. He married his wife just before they left Syria where he was a Telecommunications engineer and she had just finished a medical high school. They were travelling together with their parents who decided to stay in Turkey because they didn’t want to do the difficult trip to Europe. His father had a bus company that closed down during the war. He and his wife want to go to Norway because he heard that this country is the best when it comes to Human Rights. He thinks that is more important than money. He wants to continue his studies there and get a Phd. She wants to study Architecture.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    083-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-6717.jpg
  • People sleeping before the sunrize.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    072-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2473.jpg
  • People sleeping before the sunrize.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    070-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2432.jpg
  • Refgees boarding the ferry to Athens. <br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    074-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2450.jpg
  • Syrian man shaving in the morning light.<br />
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The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    073-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2469.jpg
  • People sleeping before the sunrize.<br />
The port of Mytilene where many refugees stay while they apply for a permit to stay in Greece or while they are waiting to board the ferry to Athens.
    071-LESVOS-MITILENE_PORT-2434.jpg
  • Refugee whose arms are marked for identification, walking in refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    039-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5289.jpg
  • Lady in a weelchair.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    044-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5403.jpg
  • Lighting a fire for the night.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    042-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5322.jpg
  • Kids playing by the tents.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    043-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5378.jpg
  • Food distribution. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    038-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5268.jpg
  • Notice board with information in Arabic.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    034-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6054.jpg
  • Lady next to her tent, outside refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    032-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6199.jpg
  • Morning at Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    030-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6077.jpg
  • Grandmother playing with her dissabled grandson. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    041-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-5356.jpg
  • Ladys talking next to the showers.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    036-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6055.jpg
  • Mobile phone charging corner.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    035-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6133.jpg
  • Morning at Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    031-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6067.jpg
  • Mother combing her little girl's hair.<br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
    037-LESVOS-KARA_TEPE-6116.jpg
  • Rady (18) at a rehabilitation center of an NGO that deals with raped and sexually trafficked children. Rady was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up with her father and her step mother together with their 6 other children. When she was around 14 her family returned to Cambodia to live in very pure conditions in villages in Kompong Thom and Banteay Meanchey provinces. When she was 15 and a half she was working in a bakery shop to help her family but the shop closed and she was left without a job. Poverty in combination with her father's alcoholism and her step-mother's gambling, created many conflicts between them and Rady and that made her feel unwanted. She then decided to leave secretly for Phnom Penh where she was planning to meet one aunt who she was hoping could help her find a job. On arrival in Phnom Penh, she discovered that she had lost her aunt's phone number and she started searching for her with the help of a moto-taxi driver. She couldn't find her and after spending a night with the driver's family she went to the river-front where as she was wandering by herself a Moslem woman approached her and offered to help her find a job. Rady followed her and the woman sold her to a brothel that was at "the building", a run-down appartment block occupied by squatters. At that time Rady didn't even know what a brothel was. There Rady's virginity was sold to a Japanese man. After that Rady stayed at the brothel for one and a half month but she wouldn't receive any more clients because she became sick and was constantly vomiting. The owner of the brothel didn't want to let her go because she had payed money to buy her, but eventually she did when Rady asked for help form a visiting NGO person who was distributing condoms there. Rady spent 2 years at that NGO and when she left to go back to her family, the NGO helped her start her own business by providing her with a machine with which she could produce juice from sugarcane. The business went well until she
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  • Rady (18) at a rehabilitation center of an NGO that deals with raped and sexually trafficked children. Rady was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up with her father and her step mother together with their 6 other children. When she was around 14 her family returned to Cambodia to live in very pure conditions in villages in Kompong Thom and Banteay Meanchey provinces. When she was 15 and a half she was working in a bakery shop to help her family but the shop closed and she was left without a job. Poverty in combination with her father's alcoholism and her step-mother's gambling, created many conflicts between them and Rady and that made her feel unwanted. She then decided to leave secretly for Phnom Penh where she was planning to meet one aunt who she was hoping could help her find a job. On arrival in Phnom Penh, she discovered that she had lost her aunt's phone number and she started searching for her with the help of a moto-taxi driver. She couldn't find her and after spending a night with the driver's family she went to the river-front where as she was wandering by herself a Moslem woman approached her and offered to help her find a job. Rady followed her and the woman sold her to a brothel that was at "the building", a run-down appartment block occupied by squatters. At that time Rady didn't even know what a brothel was. There Rady's virginity was sold to a Japanese man. After that Rady stayed at the brothel for one and a half month but she wouldn't receive any more clients because she became sick and was constantly vomiting. The owner of the brothel didn't want to let her go because she had payed money to buy her, but eventually she did when Rady asked for help form a visiting NGO person who was distributing condoms there. Rady spent 2 years at that NGO and when she left to go back to her family, the NGO helped her start her own business by providing her with a machine with which she could produce juice from sugarcane. The business went well until she
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  • Fade showing the route his boat followed from Turkey to Mytilene on his smart-phone. He had studied the route and used apps to calculate the distance and to know the weather. He and his family had bought quality life-jackets with lights that could blink in case of an accident instead of using the usual cheap life-jackets that the smugglers provide to the refugees. When the time to board the dinghy boat came and he found out that anyone found be the driver, he decided to take the task so that he can make sure his family would be safe. He was well prepared and he even had 2 Greek sim cards which he had asked a friend to send him from Greece. He eventually managed to cross the 22km in sea in one hour and land somewhere near Mytilene city, when other boats often lost their way and drifted for 20 hours before they could land. <br />
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Refugees at the camp called PIKPA outside Mytilene city, that is one of the best organised. It is run but a group of volunteers under the name “The Village of Everyone Together”. People there are both from Syria and Afghanistan.
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  • Couple from Afghanistan. The husband's father was a gold-seller so quite wealthy. One day the husband's brother was kidnapped for money. When this happened, the couple got scared and decided to leave the country. <br />
Refugees at the camp called PIKPA outside Mytilene city, that is one of the best organised. It is run but a group of volunteers under the name “The Village of Everyone Together”. People there are both from Syria and Afghanistan.
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  • Oddi (24) is from Darra city in Syria. He is traveling together with his wife who is pregnant, his mother and one more member of his family. His house was destroyed in the war. He and his family will be travelling to Germany where his two brothers live. He used to study to become a car mechanic and he wants to continue his studies in Germany. <br />
Refugees at the camp called PIKPA outside Mytilene city, that is one of the best organised. It is run but a group of volunteers under the name “The Village of Everyone Together”. People there are both from Syria and Afghanistan.
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  • Fade is from Nabk city in Syria. He is travelling together with his sister, his wife and their two children. He used to work as an engineer for mobile phone antennas and they were wealthy with 3 houses and two cars. He saw a lot of injustice in his city with people who complained being arrested and 1/3 of the city flattened during 4 years of war. Together with many volunteers, he used to cook and offer food to about 15000 people in his city. Eventually he decided to leave Syria with his family. He brought with him as much money as he could but most of the money in his account was blocked by the Syrian government. They traveled for about 3,5 years via Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey till one and a half month ago when they arrived in Mytilene island. They occupy a small house at the camp which he organised almost as a permanent residence by creating a watering system and by planting vegetables and fruit. He believes that it is important to create a place where the “brother” who will move in after he and his family leaves can also live comfortably. He is one of the very few people who are considering to stay in Greece because he likes the people. He believes that a person with skills can survive anywhere. He will try to do this in Crete island where he has friends. He hopes to return to Syria after the war ends. <br />
Refugees at the camp called PIKPA outside Mytilene city, that is one of the best organised. It is run but a group of volunteers under the name “The Village of Everyone Together”. People there are both from Syria and Afghanistan.
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