The site is bordered by the army, which is responsible in Greece for the development of the majority of today distributed thirty camps across the country. Syrian families settled in Section A, Afghan families in section B and only a few men in the Army C. section separated by nationality, because, already, promiscuity and communication difficulties have led to conflict interethnic.
for several days, doctors from the region’s health centers are assessing the health situation. Volunteers distribute gifts, the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) splits a visit to explain to the refugees it is only a temporary solution, a few weeks at most, they were told.
a Doliana, suddenly, there is the excitement in the air. In both cafes ( Kafenio ) village we no longer talk that “refugees” . “Everyone is going to see them, wanted to understand what they looked like. All this youth! “, says a retired seated with three companions to the Kafenio . Between two parts of prefab – a sort of bridge – these men nevertheless questioned. The weeks turned into months. “For the moment they have money. They just do their shopping in grocery stores in the village. But when their money is going to shrink, what will they do? “ None, however, plans to seek their return.
They come from the war, we can not turn our backs, but 200 refugees in a village of 300 inhabitants is still not there.
Their presence does pose a problem? “No. You know we do not speak much English and either, therefore we communicate little. We just teach the little things that we take to heart here, as not throwing trash on the floor or not to walk in the middle of the road to watch out for cars. “ Across the Kafenio , Pepi runs a grocery store. Every afternoon it’s the same show women from buy fresh vegetables, sugar, flour, tea. “I do not see the men, it’s true quips Pepi. Since they are there, business is good. But I did not change anything. I refuse to change my schedule to open continuously as they ask me. All the village is done, they will also do it. They must fit into our lifestyle to make it harmonieu. “
Precisely in the shop between a large Syrian woman. “It is Farais, I love it , Pepi murmur. She does not speak a word of English but communicates with his eyes. She is so strong, it shows. She cooks every day for his family. “ Eggplants, flour to make bread, a few lenses and what to do dolmas (grape leaves) … ” See? She buys like a Greek mamma: she cooks the same thing as us “, smiled Pepi, who discreetly add some more vegetables into bags. Farais his account euros. This new currency “expensive cost” as it will tell us later.
The last emergency, cohabitation has indeed started Doliana. But distance because the home is located a few kilometers below the village. Backpack, walking without Farais sciller, despite his well into his sixties. She joined her bedroom in Section A where live the eight members of his family, Ibrahem, Syrian Kurds. Farais mistress is a woman, the guardian of family cohesion. Her husband, Nishmea is a little lost. “I feel nothing for control that was parked here. We are so isolated, so far from everything. We are told that we should be happy because you lodge us in the hard and most of the refugees live in tents in Greece. But what we can do in this backwater? “, laments the old man.
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