Patra

“Either Italy or Death: Unaccompanied minors in Patras”, a short introduction to the situation in Patras in 2008 / published in Schlepper 43 (in German)
Entweder Italien oder der Tod

The Infomobile visited Patras the last time in October 2010. The next report will be published in October 2011.

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... is like a “paper boat”. We chose this as a metaphor for what we want to create and for the situation of refugees and migrants in Greece. The paper boat is a folded boat able to swim – for a while. Then you have to build a new one to go on travelling. A paper boat is symbolic for the journey of life, vulnerable but in your own hands and to be recreated again and again. It is simple, but it carries many hopes and dreams. It can dance on a turbulent sea. It belongs to everybody. And it might become the small version – like a first draft – of a welcome-space.

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