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Against The Wire

‘Against The Wire’ from Moria refugee camp, meets Mustapha, an interpreter with Medical Volunteers International; Jameela, a mother trying to bring up her children in the camp; Adrianna, a medic with Boat Refugee Foundation; Ahmad, a photographer with ReFocus Media Labs, and Baqir, a teenager seeking a new life of safety.

We follow Irish nurse Elena Lydon who took a career break from her nursing job to volunteer with Medical Volunteers International, and who helps care for over 300 unaccompanied minors in Moria camp.

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‘There are so many people there with different skills, who have a high educational background, but they are stuck there. They want to help develop their society. No one wants to come here to live here in that kind of situation.’

– Abdul, from Ghana, coordinator of the One Happy Family school Lesvos, Greece.

We also visit a medical clinic in Athens and talk to Catherine McMenamin (coordinator of MVI Athens) and Casandra Espinosa a former legal case worker with Khora (a Greek support organisation), to get an overview of the situation for refugees in Greece. Most of those stuck on the islands are hopeful that eventually they can move on to Athens and continue their journey.

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Broadcast on Newstalk and produced with the support of The Simon Cumbers Media Fund.

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