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| Hiyfat is walking up and down restlessly, peeking through the windows of the administration building in the refugee accommodation centre of Trikala, central Greece. |
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| In a few hours, two of her three children, Sara and Muhammad, 10 and 9 respectively, will go back to school for the first time in years and IOM staff is here to register the new pupils and to distribute school kits. |
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| Anticipation is in the air. |
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| Im really happy for my children as I believe education is very important Hiyfat says. |
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| Its been ten moths we are in Greece and in the meantime, I have tried to teach them on my own everything I can, while trying to improve my English, as well. |
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| Hiyfat has escaped Aleppo together with her husband and 3 children more than a year ago. |
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| The family arrived on the island of Lesbos and moved around various camps across Greece before finally settling here, four months ago. |
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| People are nice here in Trikala, we have made friends. |
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| However, I think its in the best interest of my family to move to Holland or to Norway, where we also have relatives. |
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| Sara and Muhammad are buzzing around their mom as they wait to get their colourful bags. |
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| I have been to school for one year, back in Syria, Sara says. |
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| I love that Im starting again, I would like to study English, to learn every language in the world! |
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| It would be nice to do some drawing and to make new friends, too. |
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| Muhammad is a little more reserved: Im looking forward to go to school tomorrow, but I want to see how I turns out before I say anything, I dont know whether Ill like or not. |
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| I miss the classroom but I would really love to play some football. |