Life on Lesbos

Hello

6 months and 3 weeks

No I am alone

From Turkey by boat

It is like the trip of death

But at the same time it is better than staying in Turkey. I thought if I die it is my fate and if I reach Greece my life will be better

Sorry for yesterday we didn't continue. I didn't have internet.
Can we talk at 9pm?

 In Lesbos or in Moria camp?

So crowded it is for about 2000 person and now there are about 5000 live in . And 2 month ago there were 7000 .

It is dirty, not safe, no protection for people, the food is so bad, it is damgerous to walk or go to toilet alone at night

A lot of drunk people at night. Dangers of fighting or to be raped

Yes I heard many stories.

For me no. Because I didn't go out of my section at night . And our section is for single women and it is has a gate and a guard in front of it

The people who live in Moria for a long time and don't know what will happen later and are afraid of rejection and deportation and don't have anything to do , these things affect their mentality and some of them take drugs and drink alcohol to forget

Especially the teenagers and minors

I had my approval for asylum 2 weeks ago. Before that I didn't have any hope

If I find job in Greece I will stay here

I still have a second interview after one year and 6 month. I haven't finished yet. It was the first approval

I worked in the ministry of health as a medical statistician for 24 year. And in my free time I taught english as a private teacher

I don't have husband or children

Yes

Of course

Now I am working in NGO as a volunteer teaching English and translate for Arabic refugees. And I taught English with BRF school inside Moria for 3 months also as a volunteer

Yes I live now in a house for volunteers who work in this ngo

But I am still going to Moria

 Yes

Moria is my community, my people, but I can't live there now because I have job

It is difficult to live with volunteers. They are helping refugees but they will not understand the situation of refugees. Their point of view is different than ours

Different countries. Europe, America, ....

Yes

I have good friends (who) support me and the nature of the country similar to Syria. But nothing like home

I would like but I don't think I will find job 

I was fired from my job and if I return I have an exonomic trial

After one month I applied for 5 months off and my boss didn't agree and they fired me

Yes

After one month I left Syria and I was in Turkey

I lived in Damascus

Many things

Sorry I don't have time to explain. Can we continue later

Sorry I have something to do now

Of course

Thank you

Hello! If you have time now we can continue

I need one hour

I will be on a train in an hour

I don't know about tomorrow

I will text you tomorrow

You too

Good evening! How are you

Ok

I decided to come to Europe because of the war, death everywhere, I lived in the area of the government and also because I was working in the main hospital of Damascus I was afraid of the arrest of the free army. If I lived in area of free army I was afraid from the government. I left my home and my parents stuck there for 7 months without food without light without anything and when came out they were in a bad situation. My mum died after one year. I lived alone afraid of everything and hate both of who were fighting

Sometimes I felt I can't tolerate the situation and one day I will shout and said everything no matter if they kill me or arrest me.

I lived as a stranger in my country

It is ok

I don't understand

No

I found a smuggler from Syria to Turkey. Then another one from Turkey to Greece

I arrived Turkey in Oct 2016. I stayed first for 2 months in Izmir then left to Istanbul and stayed there for 7 months

It was so difficult and we were afraid from arresting or be killing on the boarder

I imagined that I will stay for one or 2 weeks then continue to another country. But now if I find job here I will stay

It shouldn't be something called Moria

The people shouldn't stay in Moria more than one or 2 weeks

It is not for human