Now you see us | Story 4
by Noemí Pascual and Amir H. from Moria Camp, Greece
According to journalist Thomas Osten-Sacken: “Moria is not a refugee camp. If it was one, the conditions would be much better. This is a so-called hotspot, originally built to house 1,600 soldiers and later restructured to accommodate 3,000 refugees. Currently, 20,000 refugees are living here without sufficient water, electricity, or sanitation. There is neither a proper health care, nor medical or psychological services in place. There are no security measures either. Many people have already been waiting between 16 months and two years to be granted asylum. A legitimate refugee camp would have to guarantee all of these basic things, including food and lodging, to asylum seekers. Nothing is here. What is here is absolute chaos. Since 1991 I have served as a director of the Wadi organisation mostly in the Middle East. So, it means something when I say that I haven’t seen anything like his before.”
Photo taken by Amir H. on August 5th, 2020 with his phone.
We are an Afghan refugee and a photo editor currently living in the Netherlands. One takes the images, the other edits them. We are working in this collaborative project not just to bring awareness but to speak directly to the policy makers in Europe to demand a solution. We want you see and hear us, but at the same time we will preserve the intimacy and right to privacy of the children. We will never use real names and the subjects will remain unidentified. We need your help. Go out, speak to your neighbors, to your friends, start a demonstration, ask and demand a solution to the policy makers where you live to demand change.
Statement:
We value the work of photographers and journalists. But we believe in the power of simple and human photography and less in perfectly composed images. We don't have any political lobby, money campaign behind us. We are showing what's really happening and looking for real actions.
