The summer that passed marked one of the most intense moments in the history of immigrants-refugees in the last years in Europe. The first entry point to Europe for the majority of people, who were forced to leave their home countries, was Greece and specifically
On Lesvos Island one out of the innumerable refugees’ stories took place. Present in that story was the Psychologist-Criminologist, Eftychia Georgiadi who works in the Legal Service of NGO ARSIS at the Athens Solidarity Centre. During a mission that was organized-coordinated by Solidarity Now in a number of islands, so as to evaluate the refugee crisis at the moment, Eftychia met on Lesvos island the women of this story, who are relatives and of Syrian origin. Actually, the first lady is a mother of three juveniles, whose husband is back in Syria, and as for the second, her husband has been given a 10-year permit to reside and work in Germany.
At first, the women came in contact with Eftychia and after explaining the situation they were in, they asked her for help with the registration by the authorities. At the same time, the woman, whose husband lives in Germany, mentioned that she had already informed him about her being on Lesvos Island and for this reason, he was about to come, in order to take them to Germany.
Considering all those people waiting to be registered, it is of no surprise that both ladies have been staying on Kara Tepe’s settlement for four days without anything going forward. Having estimated the situation of the ladies, Eftychia contacted a member of the NGO International Organisation for Migration (IOM), who afterwards referred her to speak with a lawyer of the NGO METAction, in order to speed up the registration process. Following all the appropriate steps, the registration completed and hence all of them were transferred from Kara Tepe’s settlement to the port, from where they travelled by ship along with the husband coming from Germany to Athens on 5th of September.
Hereinafter, Eftychia, having contacted the ladies by phone, was thanked for her help and also was informed about the safe arrival of all of them at Piraeus’ port and their subsequent journey, until they arrived safe and sound in Germany after two weeks.