In the name of God
Hi,I am Mahmud Jafari 17 years old from Afghanistan.
I was forced to leave my land because of having enemy and fathers dead.
It means they killed my father,and my mother ran away from there.
Actually I am from Behsud (a city in Afghanistan) that I lived about two or three month in Afghanistan.
I was born in Afghanistan, I was two or three month that we moved to
Iran,and we went back in Afghanistan, and after two month because of
some reasons that I’ve told you we went back to Iran again.
I was 15 years old, I moved from Iran to turkey.
And with all hardship that every body is faced with. After one month I arrived to Greece in Simi Iceland.
Synopsis I went to Athen.
All of my friends they had money,but I had finished my money.
They have talked with facilitator and because they had money, they crossed the order and have gone.
After two month I went Patra.
I’ve heard some thing abuat Patra.
And I was afraid because there is no way.
I was have to go to Patra.
Synopsis after 10 days I crossed from Patra to Ankona.
I was about 24 hours in truck full of orange. Hungry and thirsty, with really cold temperature.
That was end of 2008.
Synopsis we were deport form Ankona.
We were 7 person.
The other guys were with Facilitator, but I was just one of member of
(khod andaz)=(what we call a group of persons who passing the border
with out Facilitator and also with out money).
After the deportation, I came back to Patra.
Then after 2 month I crossed again to Veniz, I was 45 hours in truck that was full of orange.
When I arrived to Veniz the police catch us.
I was so weak and I was comatose, and it was because of freezing.
And then they deport us to greece.
I had to try so much but that was trashy.
Till one day I went inside the fance number 6 for (khod andazi).
The Securitys catch me. There were 4 person.
they beat me and bludgeon me more than words can say.
the Turkish driver took me out of fance.
I was 3 night in hospital.
synopsis up to they closed the (Kheyme gah)=(jungle), and who ever was under 18 be picked up to Camp.
In order to that I came back to Athen.
About 5 or 6 month I was in Athen with out any money and house.
I was sleeping in parks.
Synopsis I came back to Patra again.
I was so horofied till one day I crossed accidental to Bari.
After 3 days I arrived to Rome.
I was forced to take the train with out ticket because I didn’t have any money.
In every stations the checking took me off the train.
synopsis I arrived to Rome and I went to church and they gave me food and clothes,after two days I moved to France.
synopsis I arrived to Paris.
Because visiting Eiffel tower was one of my dreams.I stayed in France about 15 days.
In order to that I moved to Germany.
I am a football player and beacuse I love so much Bayern München I came to München but….
even though with the all hardship I was full of energy, but I don’t know
why, when I came to Germany I became so upset, closeto wanting KILL my
self for two times.
for the first time that wasn’t so serious,but the second time I have gone to hospital.
The guardian slighted me so much, guys that I loved to KILL my self with
alcohol, but that doesn’t work, but I cant say the reason.
I hope that one day I continue my life again.
I never say get me free of the birdcage
Take my birdcage to a garden to be happy my heart…(Saadi seid)
Bey
AFGHANISTAN
I’d been living in AFGHANISTAN for almost 11 years.
In AFGHANISTAN our lives were very bad. There I never went to school
because there our lives were very bad. When I was 6 years old I had to
work.
When I was 7 years old my father has been killed. I wished to go to school but I couldn’t because I had to work.
At home we had just an old radio and when I was listening to it, I
said to myself that one day I would be able to make something like that
because I liked technology and now I still like it.
I said to my mother I wanted to go to school. But she said “you must
work for us”. After my father death I was the older son of my family.
After my father death I have stayed with my family for 3 years. After 3 years I went to IRAN for work.
IN IRAN
I came to IRAN with smugglers.
I went to ISLAMQALLAH, near the border. At night I spoke with a smuggler
but he told me that I needed 1 000 000 toman (name of the money in
IRAN) – 700 euros- to go to TEHRAN .I said that I didn’t have 1 000 000.
He told me he would bring me to TEHRAN only if I paid 1 000 000. I said
it was ok and when I reached TEHRAN I would give him 1 000 000. He said
ok. At last he told me we would have to walk only during the night.
From ISLAMQALLAH to TEHRAN we walked about 18 days. We slept during
the days in the mountains. It was a very hot summer. We were hungry and
thirsty, especially thirsty. After 18 days we reached TEHRAN.
In TEHRAN suburb the smugglers caught me because I didn’t have money.
I had to stay with them during two weeks. After two weeks one of them
said: “if you don’t have money you must work for us”. But I asked him:
“for how many days will I have to work for you?”. He said “3 months”.
“It’s a lot” I said but he told me “it’s not a lot and I started to work
in the fields, buildings…
I worked there during 3months and after he told me that I was free. I was happy and then I went to the town.
I wanted to study not only to work. In AFGHANISTAN the Iranian
government published advertisements saying: “come to IRAN for
education». When I was in AFGHANISTAN I thought IRAN was good for AFGHAN
people, but when I arrived in TEHRAN I saw that the people there were
not so good with AFGHAN. There I thought I made a mistake.
Then I went to a school. The headmaster asked me: “do you have money or
refugee card?” I told her that I didn’t have and she said I couldn’t
register because I had nothing.
As I saw it was not possible to study I looked for work. There was a
lot of work for AFGHANS because their salaries were very low.
After one month I found a job in a foundry. My boss gave me 10 000 toman
a day. But I couldn’t go outside because I had to work 17 hours from 3
in the morning to 8 in the night. I have been sleeping in the factory.
When I was on holydays I used to go in the market or in the park. There
people wanted to arrest afghan refugees. The police always arrested
afghan refugees and beat them. I have been in IRAN for 4 years but I
went only 4 times to the market because I was afraid.
After four years as I had spared 1 000 000 toman I went to Turkey
IN TURKEY
After IRAN I went to TURKEY. I crossed the border at night and I
reached a village. The name of that village was VAN. In VAN I had to
protect my self from different problems and difficulties.
We slept in the mountains and there it was so cold in that cold winter
at last we left VAN with a truck. In the that truck we were 140 from
different nations: Pakistani, afghani, Iranians etc… we travelled abut
24 hours. In that truck we were hungry and thirsty and we had to
overcome many difficulties.
At last we reached ISTANBUL and the smugglers took us to a hotel.
There Turkish people kidnapped us to take our money. Once they had got
it they let us go.
After we left the hotel we went to IZMIR near the border to enter in
GREECE by sea with small boats. 40 persons were in our boat without
engine. I thought it was worst period of my life. And frightened, we
invoked the name of almightily ALLAH and we crossed the sea in peace
and we reached GREECE. This cost me 380 $.
IN GREECE
I arrive in GREECE in the morning, at 7 o’clock. The GREEK police
took us to a camp. This camp was very dirty I have been in this for 23
days.
After 23 days the police sent me to another camp witch was for minors
refugees. The director of this camp told me it was full and that I must
go to ATHENS.
Then I went to ATHENS but I had just enough money for the ticket and
nothing for the hotel. When I reached ATHENS I only had 7 euros. I saw
that in ATHENS there was a lot of refugees who were sleeping in the
parks. I slept one night with them and after I left ATHENS to PATRAS.
I arrived in PATRAS with my 7 euros. I found that PATRAS was like
ATHENS. I have been in PATRAS for 3 months. Most of the nights I had to
look for food in the bins because I had nothing. In PATRAS all refugees
wanted to go forward but the police didn’t let us go.
After 3 months I came back to ATHENS and then I went to the camp for
minors. We were sometimes more than 200 minors there. There I have been
for 9 months I became lazy because we only ate and slept . Nevertheless I
learnt German and Greek. Sometimes I went by foot to the beach, near
Mytilini – 9 hours’ walk. I had no money for the bus. I didn’t have any
future there. I found work for 3 months harvesting oranges. With the
money I spared, I paid 500 euros to a smuggler and I had 200 euros left.
Then I went again to PATRAS and I succeeded to cross to ITALY
IN ITALY
I came to ITALY in truck. We were 18 people in small place and we
have travelled for 58 hours in that truck. We were hungry and thirsty.
Once in Italy we had to wait three hours in the truck during the
police check. Then after 4 hours on the road we called the driver,
knocking on the side, and he stopped the truck. Then he opened the door
and saw that 18 people were inside the truck. He took a piece of wood
and wanted to beat us we escaped but I was the last one and he beat me. I
said thank you and when he wanted to beat me again; I escape.
Then I went alone to the city centre, in the suburb of VENISE, and
the train station. In the city I asked every body in English where was
the train station but they didn’t answer me. Nevertheless after 4 hours I
found a train station. I went to the ticket centre. There I saw an old
man. I said “hello” and then “could you give me a ticket for ROMA?” but
he spoke only Italian. I said to him “do you speak English?” but he said
he didn’t. Then I went to the waiting room and I sat on the chair. I
saw somebody coming to me and I asked him “do you speak English?”. “Yes”
he said. Then I asked him “how can I go to ROMA?” “From here” “but I
don’t have ticket”. He told me “when the first train comes here, take it
and after two stations you get off and you go to another train station.
There you can get ticket for Roma”. I said “thank you so much”. At last
he told me “you will get ticket in the train”. I said “OK” and I asked
him “where are you from?” He was from BULGARIA.
Then the train arrived, I went in and after two stations I got off
without having paid anything. I went to the ticket centre “hello, I
said, could you give me a ticket for ROMA?” He asked me “when do you
want to leave?” “Now”. “At 6 o’clock it’s good?” “What time is it now?” I
asked. “4.39”. “At 6 o’clock, it’s nice” I said and he told me a
ticket to ROMA was 45 euros “No problem, but will have to change
trains?” he told me “yes you will go to the last station and you will
have to get another train”. “Ok thank you”. I waited about 1 hour and
half in the train station then I travelled 15 hours. I reached the other
city where I had to change train. There I didn’t find my train for
ROMA. I wandered in the train station during 4 hours without finding
this train. I was very tired as I haven’t slept in the train. At last I
found it. I reached ROMA after 2 hours. There were a lot of refugees
sleeping in the parks.
I have stayed in ROMA for 2 days and then I went to FRANCE.
IN FRANCE
When I was in GREECE and ITALY I thought FRANCE was good but when I
reached Paris I saw it was like GREECE and ITALY. There is lot of
refugees and they haven’t any future.
In PARIS I slept one week outside. After one week I met somebody was
helping refugees. I asked him what I must do if I want stay in FRANCE.
He told me “if you want to stay in FRANCE you must get your ID card.”
But I said “my ID card is in AFGHANISTAN, how I can get it?” He told me
in AFGHANISTAN there are 3 express mail companies. You must tell your
parents to send your ID card and I will give you their addresses”. I
said ok and I called my parents. They have accepted to send me my ID
card. Waiting for it I slept in the parks. When I got it I showed it to
him and he translated it into French.
Then with my ID card I went to the children social welfare office
(aide sociale à l’enfance – ASE). There the social worker told me “now
we give you an hotel room but you must wait for age medical test. If
doctors say you are underage we will send you to a family or a foyer. If
doctors say you aren’t we can’t help you.” I took the address of the
hotel and I went there.
Now I have been in the hotel for 3 months but I still don’t know when
I will go for the test. ASE gives me 84 euros a week but nothing for
clothes ,
