Tag - people of nowhere

BDFM with love

The end of BDFM

Isabel describes in her last part of her series "People of Nowhere" how the BDFM camp was closed and people were deported into Moria detention center.

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BDFM at night

Night Shift: “Sabri’s Story”

Today I was assigned a night shift - from midnight to 08:00 am - together with a doctor from England whos country of origin is Pakistan. [caption id="attachment_846" align="alignnone" width="805"] Night Shift Team[/caption] When we arrived at the hospital, we were…

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Help us live

Peaceful protest

I could hardly sleep from excitement because my first day as a doctor in the clinic of "Better days for Moria" was just around the corner. All I knew was, that I was going to work in the unofficial camp…

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Lifejacket Graveyard 2

Life jacket graveyard

After I had reasonably recovered from the previous night, I decided to have a "day off" and explore the island. [caption id="attachment_898" align="alignnone" width="805"] Molyvos[/caption] My first goal was to go to Molyvos, a small village in the island’s northern…

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boat with refugees and coastguard

South coast patrolling

This rainy night, "South coast patrolling" was once more the word. I packed my things and drove to the meeting point. Once there, we were divided into three different bases. We were sent to "Lasia", along with other volunteers from…

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BDFM - Better days for Moria

Better days for Moria

https://www.idealismprevails.at/en/at-the-port-of-lesbos/ My last article " At the port of Lesbos " (note the link above) ended by spending all night in my car. This is what happened afterwards : First experience with the BDFM = Better days for Moria The…

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Mytilini - Lesbos, March 2016

At the port of Lesbos

On the very same day, after the arrival of the boat, I mentioned before, I went to "Attica" - which is one of the warehouses , where all donations, clothes, shoes, strollers, tents etc. are kept. I crammed my car…

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Arrival of the boat - Katja base - Lesbos

My first assignment

Since I needed to recover from the long journey, I slept through the second night and turned up for deployment at 09:00pm. Towards midnight I was notified of a boat heading for ‘Katja’, south of the airport. When I arrived…

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The First day – Here We Go!

On the day of my arrival, the action started that same evening. Along with a team of Spanish lifeguards, we went to the beach at 11 p.m., where it was our task to survey the southern coast. Most boats plan…

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