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  • A former garage underneath a building serves as an informal mosque in Neos Kosmos. It has been called Al Salam Mosque. The majority that practice the Islam faith are from the refugee and migrant communities and have find it hard to find a place to formally pray so many hidden spaces have been converted into mosques.
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  • Stand Up to Racism protesters outside Downing Street today to protest against Johnson’s plans for ‘offshore detention’ for asylum seekers.
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  • Amir is one of the many refugees from Sudan living in Greece  living in a limbo for years. Without a permit to stay he can only wait that he will have one the 'pink' residency permit. He has been in a detention camp for months and  he is constantly afraid of being randomly stopped by the police and taken to custody or back to detention.- Sudanese refugee centre, Athens, Greece
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  • Tashu, 37 years old from Khartoum, has been living in a bureaucratic limbo for months in Greece. I met Tashu at the Sudanese refugee centre in Athens and we have spent hours talking and always looked up at his peaceful inner strength which he confided comes from following the faith of Islam. Tashu has been a victim of beatings, verbal abuse, including 22 days in prison for having stolen some bread out of hunger. "I come from Sudan. I escaped. I really don't feel good about this time in Greece. Attention to suffering - we don't have a place to stay, we cannot work, we sleep on the street. We suffer. How can we build a life? How can we be strong? Tashu, Athens.
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  • The majority of those that practice their Islam faith are refugees from Syria, Sudan, Eritrea and feel marginalised for having to hide in underground spaces.
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  • Amir has had many spells of detentions, mostly being singled out from the police on the street of Athens and then put in detention. The legal system is structured that every 2 weeks, a refugee must request permission to stay and leave his/her documents behind with immigration. This leaves a refugee liable for detention if stopped by the police and no legal paper is found on them. Even if, it is known issue, the loophole is abused by those in power. Amir, Athens, Greece
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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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  • Habiba lives with her daughter in the suburbs of Athens.Originally from Morocco, she has been living for a few years in Athens, yet she is unable to live her life in the way she wishes. She is often abused verbally for covering her hair and she cannot pray openly.
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  • Those that practice the Islam faith and would like to express their prayers in a appropriate space are doing so in informal or hidden spaces. The Sudanese mosque (informal prayer space) has been closed by the police. Neighbours have complained of noise, aggregation of people, being scared and petitioned to be closed. A human rights lawyer is advocating for it to be re-opened.
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  • Stand Up to Racism protesters outside Downing Street today to protest against Johnson’s plans for ‘offshore detention’ for asylum seekers.
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  • 'What is refugee's pain? Baba explains in his poem.
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  • What can you do to survive? This country feels like a father that is slapping its own son/daughter. The son/daughter wants to go right or left but he is not given a choice. He is slapped constantly to go left and enter the wrong path. He/she is not given a choice. You are forced to go on one direction, which is to do things illegally for survival.  If you don't have money, cannot find work or place to live, some end up working illegally or doing crimes like stealing or even selling drugs. ' M., Athens, 2015.
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  • B. S. was attacked by a group of people belonging to the far right party called Golden Dawn whilst he was disembarking a bus in central Athens. He was left for dead on the pavement before the police was called six hours later. The police station was 2 minutes away. I met B.S. whilst receiving treatment from an NGO in Athens for anxiety and stress disorder. His well-being has been negatively affected following the atrocious attack. It happened one evening around 9pm while B. was descending from a bus. He had been all day at a hospital because his child was ill and had just taken relief from his wife who remained behind with their child. Suddenly, as he was leaving the bus he heard people behind him shouting 'Malaka...' and immediately after someone started to slap him. He asked 'Why?' but they carried on attacking him. This time throwing him back and forth like a football ball. Then a knife was taken out and he was knifed. He collapsed. When he woke up he was in a hospital. He asked who brought him there? Someone answered the police. He cried.
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  • "I have been in prison many times because of no paper. Police stops me, takes me to the police station. You are left there without any explanation, sometimes for hours. If you ask for some food or water, they laugh at  you." S. E.Y.
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  • How can we live life like a human being? I just wanted to find a place that it was safe for me. I must try to survive and be strong.' T.
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  • Over 5.000 workers from around the world were employed in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam in Iceland and a temporary camp was built for this community.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. Normally, these are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff. Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small. The miners are often recruited among migrant workers with a farming background.
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  • A commission from the National Power Company in Iceland, Landsvirkjun to work on a project to highlight the skills, the multiculturalism and the magnitude of the project which was to create the largest dam in Europe, Karahnjukar dam in Iceland.
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  • Many Icelanders have left Iceland to seek work abroad. Orn used to work at sea and he lost his job. He is now working in Oman.
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  • One worker going back to his room after his work shift. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Workers live in the highland camps under the largest European glacier Vatnjokul. Some workers with long contracts took the family to live with them.
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  • Patrizia, from Italy. She works as a bar attendant in the Impregilo camp's club. The Italian company, Impregilo, is one of the main companies contracted for the construction of the dam. Controversially, it is also among the most criticised in the way it handles the workers rights.
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. The government took control of the three largest banks, whilst the Icelandic economy remain in unprecedented instability.  The population has lost confidence and trust in the government. Many losing their life savings and jobs. The situation remains even more precarious due to the lack of international aid loans and trade shrinking. A banner on the Parliament wall says "Who has stolen the cookies with the dollar sign?"
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  • Thousands of demonstrators take part in a rally in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, calling on the government to resign for the national financial crisis, Nov. 2008. Demonstrators in Parliament Square in Reykjavik.
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  • Stubice border city to Frankfurt Oder. A Polish woman begging on the Polish side over the bridge confining the two countries. Stubice, Poland.
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  • Items for sale in the workers highland camp in one of the two shops serving 1.500 workers.
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  • Demonstrator outside the Icelandic  Parliament.
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  • Following the economic downturn in Iceland many people found jobless from one day to another. Bing is an IT Consultant working for the Landsbanki in Iceland. Although in maternity leave she found herself with no job to go back.
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  • The highland camp with its 1.500 workers became the fifth largest city in Iceland. The camp is like an autonomous space where everything runs for its workers. This is the laundry operation for the workers.
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  • Workers in the early morning hours ending their night shift in one of the tunnels. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • The only coffee shop in the highland camp where 1.500 migrant workers live. The camp is adjacent to the largest glacier in Europe.
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