Tag Archives: Ritsona
DEMONSTRATION
by Parwana Amiri In 2019, 74 000 refugees arrived in Greece, that is 50% more than last year. 59 700 on the islands and 14 900 through the land borders. The reception centers, on the islands, are now dangerously overcrowded with 36 400 on Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos living in spaces that could … Continue reading DEMONSTRATION → Continue reading
Enough is enough!
I am Parwana Amiri and at this moment where I’ m writing to you. I’ m sitting back against the wall located in the middle of nowhere, between factories that produce different gases that cause various breathing problems to children and elder people. Here is Ritsona, the refugee camp, where responsibility is absent, vulnerable s … Continue reading Enough is enough! → Continue reading
Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure -“The chain has been broken!”
02/04/2020 What we were afraid of has happened. After giving birth in a Hospital in Athens, a women – that escaped from somewhere in Africa – and her newborn where soon released from the hospital and brought to Ritsona Camp. She was then tested positive for the Coronavirus. After being in touch with 63 persons … Continue reading Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure -“The chain has been broken!” → Continue reading
Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure – “Like a closed chain”
29/03/2020 For years, Ritsona Refugee Camp was ment for almost nine hundred refugees. Today, the camp provides accommodation facilities for more than three thousands refugees from the islands, most of them are vulnerable. I am Parwana Amiri, one of these new arrivals, who could find peace, dignity, primary education, health care, entertainment and all that … Continue reading Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure – “Like a closed chain” → Continue reading