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"'I want to go (to Boston), I want to stand on my own feet. I’m excited and I can’t wait to study and to become a doctor so that I can help others and my family. I want to be a cardiologist or maybe a neurosurgeon,” the girl stated."

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/17/afghan-refugee-in-greece-awarded-scholarship-to-study-in-us/?
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Afghan Refugee in Greece Awarded Scholarship to Study in US Arezu, a young Afghan refugee living on the island of Lesvos, Greece, was awarded a scholarship to study in Boston recently.

“I went into a coffee shop and broke into tears,” she said. “They asked me where I was from, I said Syria, and they welcomed me. … I sat on a balcony with a woman and drank coffee, and she made me understand, in sign language, that I was now safe.”

Syrian family reunited, against the odds, in Greece | eKathimerini.com Torn apart in the deadly chaos of an air raid, a Syrian family of seven has been reunited, against the odds, three years later at a refugee shelter in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki, a centuries-old melting point of cultures overlooking the Aegean Sea.

"A writer, nursing assistant trainee and hairdresser are among the young women building lives and careers in Greece."

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/29/starting-from-zero-greeces-female-refugees-try-again?fbclid=IwAR0jW-TW7qm1TzdiEqahfxuNgOqOipky23DRQZwYOfDzx7BaIEqBr9JvGtc

‘Starting from zero’: In Greece, refugee women forge new careers A writer, nursing assistant trainee and hairdresser are among the young women building lives and careers in Greece.

Heartbreaking.

"One in three on Aegean isles have contemplated su***de amid EU containment policies, report reveals"

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/17/thousands-refugees-mental-crisis-years-greek-islands?fbclid=IwAR3HmYFt0As80n5rx0U5Bmpa1lN0aCVzOcncQG-1hSMEaFlxQtSj571P-lo

Thousands of refugees in mental health crisis after years on Greek islands One in three on Aegean isles have contemplated su***de amid EU containment policies, report reveals