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  • Ellenikon, former Athens airport hosts hundreds of refugees in cramped conditions. In the days that I visited the facility many have complained of lack of water, crammed conditions and scarce food. Ellenikon, Greece.
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  • "We have tried to cross the border many times and we have been pushed back. One time police with masks on, find us. We were inside a van. They beat the driver. Then they open the door of the van and punched me. I heard many stories of violence from the police. This was my first time." - Belgrade refugee camp.
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  • Hundreds are just left stranded. There are so many refugees coming from the closed border of Idomeni that at one point there was no space left within the disused international airport of Ellinikon in Athens. A refugee from Afghanistan says: "it is so hard for us. We have nothing to do but wait in misery."- outside the disused international airport of Ellinikon, Athens, Greece.
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  • Many of the occupants in the camp of Lavrion are children. Many have come through Turkey and some even being trying to make a living in Turkey. As young as 12 years old work in textile factories in Turkey and the conditions are very harsh. We were made to work for 14 hours a day and not allowed to sit down"
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  • Refugees from Africa find it harder to prove their need for asylum. It leaves them to fend off for themselves. Without legal assistance, often they escape the legal system altogether putting themselves in further danger of exploitation. Without work, money and a place to stay, many African refugees resort to live in city parks or anywhere that can fend them. The Sudanese refugee centre in Athens is an informal space for the African refugees.  Amir from Sudan says  ‘it is a safe haven for the African communities as being away from the street protects them from being a target of hate crimes’. Amir, Athens.
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  • Refugees are often left to fend off for themselves. Without work, money and a place to stay, they  resort to live in city parks. Over time, this is unsustainable and some resort to squatting empty places. In this space, a relic house in Athens, over 30 people are crammed to sleep during the nights and many more use it during the day.
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  • "We were caught by the Bulgarian police. They beat us cruelly, they don’t look where they are beating, on which part of the body and I was beaten on my knee and my knee cup was busted<br />
I still have a problem in my knee, I feel pain, cannot walk normally. I was taken to a close camp, then to an open camp.<br />
I spent 40 days in the closed camp. They treat us and think of us as animals.They abuse us in the camp. It is really a bad situation for refugees in the camp in Bulgaria." M. refugee from Pakistan, Adasevci, Serbia.
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  • Bawafa has been separated by his mum and sister in Turkey. In Belgrade now, recounts the endless tries to cross the border, beatings and the painful separation from his mother and sister. Recounting the events that led to his separation and sharing his wish to be reunited, he silently cries.- Bawafa, refugee from Afghanistan, Belgrade, Serbia.
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  • "Bulgarian police here is not like in the rest of Europe. They don't respect you. They don't see us as human. They see us as another creature. I would like to go to the UK as I have been told people are treated better." Voenna  S.,Sofia, Bulgaria, 2018
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