On the day President keeps asking me what the chances are that they can come back to Europe but I am not sure what to answer.
As winter closes in and the global political climate grows harsher, wealthy countries must meet their obligations and take in a significantly greater and fairer share of the world’s refugeesGiorgos Kosmopoulous
Whilst the welcome given to refugees by so many ordinary Greek people has been extraordinary, paradoxically the further one gets from the beaches of Lesvos and Kos, the more attitudes towards refugees calcify. Indeed, amongst ISIS in Syria. “After a car bomb explosion shuttered the windows of our home I decided over a week in detention in Turkey, the family were given temporary protection registration documents and were left to their own devices.
Whilst the Greek authorities and the European Union have repeatedly insisted that all Syrian refugees arriving in Greece are.
My son has respiratory problems. I cannot find work in Turkey and we do not feel safe. I do not know where to turnHaji Mohamad Lound
Despite Greek authority’s claims of no foul play, there is a raft of evidence, including the signed copies of documents that prove that those on board the flight to Adana had formally expressed their intention to seek international protection in Greece.
Whilst Haji and his family are stranded in Turkey, a further 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece, living in a state of constant fear and uncertainty. This is the result of the EU-Turkey migration deal and the failure of European leaders to relocate the promised numbers of refugees from Greece.
Whilst in Athens President Barack Obama should shine the spotlight not only on often abysmal conditions for the tens of thousands of refugees stranded in Greece, but also on the failure of world leaders to adequately address the wider global refugee crisis..”
This article was originally published here by Al Jazeera.