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Andrii Kokorin, 52, and his wife Mariia Borysova, 39, will never forget the day they met. They were restoring an old monastery together in Ukraine—Andrii as a builder and carpenter and Mariia as an artist.  “You sat down next to me, and, by some divine providence, I gave you my hand, and you gave me yours,” said Andrii.

Refugees should not be kept in closed and controlled camps but rather shared community settings. International Rescue Committee Advocacy Officer Melina Koumpou speaks from the Greek island of Samos where many refugees live isolated behind barbed wire in a closed controlled camp far from the nearest city.

For more information on how to access healthcare services in Greece, please check our video.

Pour plus d'informations sur la manière d'accéder aux services de santé en Grèce, veuillez consulter notre vidéo.

یونان میں صحت کی دیکھ بھال کی خدمات تک رسائی کے بارے میں مزید معلومات کے لیے، براہ کرم ہمارا ویڈیو دیکھیں:

لمزيد من المعلومات حول كيفية الوصول إلى خدمات الرعاية الصحية في اليونان ، يرجى مشاهدة الفيديو الخاص بنا:

برای اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد نحوه دسترسی به خدمات مراقبت های بهداشتی در یونان، لطفاً ویدیوی ما را بررسی کنید:

Razia Sultana is an independent activist, lawyer and feminist bringing change to the world's biggest refugee camp. In Bangladesh, close to one million Rohingya people have fled persecution in Myanmar. Living in an overcrowded camp, women continue to face violence - Razia is fighting to change that.  

Wahida made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea with her two sons, to escape persecution. They are now living in Moria on the island of Lesvos. "I just want the best for my family,” she says.