“When you leave your home, the walls begin to mean something to you”
“Greece is good but I just want to be with my daughter”
Mariam is a refugee in Greece. She is 40 years old and her origin is from Iraq, Kurdistan.
She is married and has got four daughters. She has been in Greece for two years and two months. Continue reading ““Greece is good but I just want to be with my daughter””
The journey
I had to join the army, so I left Syria from Hama to Idlib. From there, I paid 1200 euros to go to Turkey. I went to Turkey with a group of 35 people. We were walking twelve hours from Idlib to Turkey and then we all got in a small bus. Then, the Turkish authorities caught us, took pictures of us, they recorded our personal data and they sent us back to Syria. Continue reading “The journey”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Hama refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The NetherlandsAn attempt to fly to The Netherlands
My name is Mohammed and I am 19 years old. I came from Istanbul to Greece seven months ago. Continue reading “An attempt to fly to The Netherlands”
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Idlib, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The Netherlands“We were walking for six nights”
Hello! I am Mohammed and I am 24 years old. I am Palestinian from Jaffa, but I was born in Damascus, Syria. My grandfather went as a Palestinian refugee in Syria and I grew up there. Now, because of the war, I left Syria. Continue reading ““We were walking for six nights””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Palestine, Syria, Damascus, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, The Netherlands“He is the only family I have”
My name is Roshna. The situation with my family back in Iraq is difficult. I am married and I am in Greece eight months now. Four years ago I went to Iran. From Turkey, I went to Kos island, where I stayed just for three days. Continue reading ““He is the only family I have””
Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Iraq, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Sweden“I haven’t seen my family for 3 years”
My name is Ahmad. I travelled from Syria to Turkey and then to Mytilene where I stayed for 3 days. I have been in Greece for 3 months now. I came here to the camp of Skaramagas, I’m not registered and I have no money. I used to sleep in the street out of the camp.
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Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, Germany“I have to be strong and believe in myself”
Hello! I came from Syria, from Aleppo and I am Kurdish. I speak four languages and now I am learning German and Greek a little bit. I am alone here. I left my country four years ago. I am alone here and my family is in Aleppo-Afrin. I was in Turkey for three years and then I came to Chios island.
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Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Aleppo refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories, GermanyA lot of new friends
My name is Abdullah and I am from Syria. I am 18 years old and I studied in Syria for 10 years. Then I had to left school because of the war. I moved to Damascus to go to Turkey. I stayed there for two weeks. Then I moved here in Greece.
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Dublin Core: Language: en Subject: Greece, Syria, Damascus, refugee, Asylum, A Million Stories