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10.27.18 Oxfam begins distributing soup and break at the overcrowded Moria Camp
At Moria, the registration center for non-Syrians on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sakina, a 65 year-old Afghan grandmother carries four packages of rice and lentils and four pieces of flatbread to her children and grandchildren.
ìWe arrived last night at the camp and slept outdoors with no blankets,î says Sakina. The following day, the family purchased a tent from a local vendor, since there was no available space at the limited number of shelter-homes insufficient to accommodate thousands of people who arrive most every day. At Moria, they are obliged to wait, sometimes as long as several days, in order to receive a paper granting them 30 day stay in Greece and the right to purchase ferry tickets for the mainland, from where they can make their way towards Western Europe.
In Iran, where they family had taken refuge until recently, the children were not able to attend school. She explained that their destination is Germany; ìWe want to educate our children in order to give them a good future.î
110915_afghans_14.JPG
10.27.18 Oxfam begins distributing soup and break at the overcrowded Moria Camp
At Moria, the registration center for non-Syrians on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sakina, a 65 year-old Afghan grandmother carries four packages of rice and lentils and four pieces of flatbread to her children and grandchildren.
ìWe arrived last night at the camp and slept outdoors with no blankets,î says Sakina. The following day, the family purchased a tent from a local vendor, since there was no available space at the limited number of shelter-homes insufficient to accommodate thousands of people who arrive most every day. At Moria, they are obliged to wait, sometimes as long as several days, in order to receive a paper granting them 30 day stay in Greece and the right to purchase ferry tickets for the mainland, from where they can make their way towards Western Europe.
In Iran, where they family had taken refuge until recently, the children were not able to attend school. She explained that their destination is Germany; ìWe want to educate our children in order to give them a good future.î