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"Even though we die a little every day we wake up

"Even though we die a little every day we wake up here, we do try to be strong for our children, we do try to be hopeful and positive and we do make the best of it. Yes, even some plants bring us joy and help us to stay positive."

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#humanity4change #migration #refugees #refugeecrisis #leavenoonbehind #vluchtelingen #humanity #humanrights #humanitarian #ngo #goodcause #makechangehappen #bethechange #people #refugeeswelcome #refugeestories #sosmoria #endmoria #stopthecrisis

"The children in camps like this are the real vict

"The children in camps like this are the real victims. They have no voice, no power to stop Europe but they pay for it with their lives. Their future is taken away from them by not going to school, they have mental health problems they have to face their whole lives because they don't get the proper help now, they grow up not knowing that this is not how they should be treated. They are the victims of the policy made in Europe. Aren't we going to help them?"

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#humanity4change #migration #refugees #refugeecrisis #leavenoonbehind #vluchtelingen #humanity #humanrights #humanitarian #ngo #goodcause #makechangehappen #bethechange #people #refugeeswelcome #refugeestories #sosmoria #endmoria #stopthecrisis

"How will a child become when it grows up in a cam

"How will a child become when it grows up in a camp where human rights are violated, the parents are stressed and the schools closed? How will a child become when it grows up in captivity and the normal is to wait in a food line for hours, play with stones and sleep in a tent?"

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#humanity4change #migration #refugees #refugeecrisis #leavenoonbehind #vluchtelingen #humanity #humanrights #humanitarian #ngo #goodcause #makechangehappen #bethechange #people #refugeeswelcome #refugeestories #sosmoria #endmoria #stopthecrisis

What would you do... 😕 You let your children g

What would you do...

😕 You let your children grow up in a wartorn country where they still go to school but can be killed any day.

or

🙁 You take your children on a dangerous journey to a country you do not know with the knowledge that whatever happens they are safer there than at home.

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#Dilemma #Devilsdilemma #refugees #humanrights #leavenoonebehind #humanrightsactivist #mensenrechten #childrenrights #Whatwouldyoudo #sadlife #life #bad #refugeestories #refugeeslifes

I'm in Venice now. It is the end of the Silk Road

I'm in Venice now. It is the end of the Silk Road and a city that thanks it's beauty to years of migration. Migration of goods like silk & spices, migration of culture & architecture and migration of people.

What we called a trade then is called a crisis now. Merchants from distant lands are now unwanted immigrants.

What we lack to understand is that there would be no economic wealth in Europe without the help of people from beyond our borders. The cities we love wouldn't be as beautiful without influence from other cultures and our food wouldn't be so delicious if it weren't for regions more exotic than our own.

Whether a person comes to trade, to find safety or a job. The reason for arriving in Europe should not matter. What matters is how a person comes to Europe. On a sinking boat, on bare feet, or in the darkness of a truck? It's up to us.

There are safer ways to arrive in Europe. If only we opened our borders. If only we could welcome not only the people but also the cultures that enriched our continent for centuries now. Like we once did.

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#migration #refugees #immigrants #silkroad #italy #venice #refugeeswelcome #leavenoonebehind #culture #food #europe #influence #marcopolo #beyondourborders #merchants #refugeecrisis #refugeestories #refugeeswelcome #migrants #migrantswelcome #migrantworkers #migrationisbeautiful

Most 10 year olds want the same things: to learn,

Most 10 year olds want the same things: to learn, to play, to feel safe. But for millions of children growing up in Syria, these simple joys have been stolen by a decade of war.

Syria reaches this grim milestone last month. The acute humanitarian emergency that has defined the country since 2011 continues to devolve as the endless conflict grinds on. The 6.7 million internally displaced people include an estimated 2.5 million children who have witnessed unimaginable horrors.

They have had their lives turned upside down, and have seen everything that was familiar to them change in an instant—often many times over.

Syrian children have missed years of schooling. Education provides a sense of stability and predictability, builds resilience, and of course, provides the foundation for success.

"I want to become a doctor so I can help the people suffering in my city", "I want to become a famous football player", “I dream of living a beautiful and happy life with no shelling, no killing and no war.”

Like every mother, Asma wants the very best for her children. “I wish them all success and good jobs and to be happy in their lives and achieve everything we couldn’t achieve.”

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#Syria #Syrianwar #Refugees #Refugeecrisis #Refugeestories #children #kids #childrenrefugees #kidsrefugees #vluchtelingen #vluchtelingencrisis #refugeewelcome #syrian

Sweet little Jude, You always face the worries of

Sweet little Jude,

You always face the worries of the day
You turn each problem into play
You don't worry, you don't fear
Nothing can ever get you down
You never find a reason to frown
The whole world smiles with you
As you go your merry way
Nothings gonna get you down
Not politics, nor a camp
Not injustice, not even a fence to keep you in

Sweet little Jude, please stay this way.
As a sunny sunny day
No grown-up thoughts
To lead our hearts astray
Take life easy, so nice and joyful
So happy and so carefree

Sweet little Jude ❤️

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#HeyJude #Message #Child #Love #Family #Friends #Forever #HumanRights #ChildrenRights #AMessage #refugee #vluchteling #migration #migrate #migrant #lesvos #greece #girl #girlfriend

As you all know I'm on my way to China. I will be

As you all know I'm on my way to China. I will be travelling the ancient trade route, cause yeah; migration at some point was as normal as tourism is today. Only then every person could trade goods and migrate. Now, apparently migrating or crossing borders is only accessible for some people. People like me: white skin & red passport.

💖 I do this to document migration 750 years after Marco Polo migrated from Venice to Mongolia. I do this to see the differences between me crossing borders and people seeking refuge crossing borders. It's as well an education for me as a photo reportage.

The differences so far between me and someone from Syria are as follows:

👍 I get a thumbs up when I drive past. My friends from Syria get beaten.

🌏 When they see my passport no questions are asked. My friends from Syria are questionned even before they can show a passport.

🧕 No one pays attention to my looks or religious beliefs. My friends from Syria are discriminated just by their looks.

🗺 I cross borders via the road, in a very striking van and no one stops me. My friends from Syria have to go an incredible dangerous journeys with their children to cross borders in the night and even then they are stopped from continuing.

⛔️ People welcome me with open arms (and open wallets). My friends from Syria are pushed back and treated as filth.

🤔 A couple of differences are also: education, wealth, open-mindedness, religion etc. People often think that people fleeing are poor, uneducated, close-minded and very religious. They often think that people must have stolen iPhones cause how can they pay for them if they have to flee? They think that people fleeing their countries will take our jobs and our homes. Little do we understand that we actually need people from other countries to maintain our economies, to maintain the Western Industrialised Nations and keep them as they are (which in my opinion isn't good anyway).

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#Refugees #Refugee #RefugeeCrisis #NoMoreMoria #SOSMoria #Leavenoonebehind #vluchtelingen #vluchtelingenwelkom #Refugeeswelcome #bordercrossing #FromHollandtoChina #Photography #Reportage #Documentary #documentaryphotography #Photo #Travels

Today is World Health Day. A very interesting day

Today is World Health Day. A very interesting day to look at the health spread in the world. Like money, also health is unequally divided. Some people are able to live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others - entirely due to the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age.

All over the world, some groups struggle to make ends meet with little daily income, have poorer housing conditions and education, fewer employment opportunities, experience greater gender inequality, and have little or no access to safe environments, clean water and air, food security and health services. And imagine living in a camp, an abandoned house, in a tent in the forest...

This inequality of health leads to unnecessary suffering, avoidable illness, and premature death. And it harms our societies and economies.

This is not only unfair: it is preventable.

COVID-19 has hit all countries hard, but its impact has been harshest on those communities which were already vulnerable, who are more exposed to the disease, less likely to have access to quality health care services and more likely to experience adverse consequences as a result of measures implemented to contain the pandemic.

Let's share this message today and urge our leaders to monitor health inequities, and to ensure that all people are able to access quality health services when and where they need them.

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#WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthDay #RefugeeHealth #HealthIssues #Inequality #People #Humanity #EqualWorld #World #Europe #Equality #HumanRights #HumanRightsActivist #Photography #SOSBihac #RedCross

What would you do? 👇 You wait at home for the

What would you do? 👇

You wait at home for the police to come to torture you for weeks, months, years even or they make you fight your friends or family.

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You leave everything behind, even your family, and you take incredibly dangerous routes in the hope you find safety somewhere.

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#Refugee #Syria #RefugeeStories #RefugeeDilemmas #DilemmaopDinsdag #DilemmaonTuesday #TuesdayDilemma #Dilemma #vluchtelingen #refugees #migrant #EU #europe #dangerous #journey #travel #migration #oppression #torture #displacedpeople #seekingrefuge #asylumseekers #asylum

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