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Name	Alfred and his wife, Immaculata
Gender	n
Country of Origin	Kenya
Destination Country	Greece

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s-1	Alfred and Immaculata are a couple from Kenya who have been living in Greece for a number of years now.
s-2	The financial crisis that has hit Greece since 2009 and the high unemployment rates means that finding a job got more and more difficult for economic migrants and locals alike.
s-3	After the arrival of their baby boy, only a few months ago, the couple decided to apply for the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme (AVVR), implemented by IOM Greece.
s-4	My sister used to live in Greece, shes a nun, and through her I learnt many things about the country and I decided to settle in Athens about 5 years ago.
s-5	Alfred joined me a couple of years later, says Immaculata.
s-6	I lived in Nairobi with my older son and worked in a beauty salon.
s-7	I came here in Greece hoping to get a job and provide for my family back to Kenya.
s-8	I thought it would be different from Africa, a change for the best.
s-9	So, I left my son with my mother and moved here.
s-10	At first, it was really difficult to find work.
s-11	It took me more than a year to finally get a job as a live-in nanny.
s-12	I used to be a lorry driver in Nairobi, for a transport company.
s-13	When I arrived here, I found a job in Mykonos, in a hotel.
s-14	It was a good place.
s-15	Id welcome the guests, take them to the airport and occasionally guide them around says Alfred.
s-16	But, things are becoming harder and harder in Greece.
s-17	We have to pay for all sorts of things but we cannot get a job, the stability that we need.
s-18	Even buying basic items is a problem.
s-19	And now that the baby came, we have so many more needs.
s-20	Its not easy with the baby, I cannot stay with him because I have to work in a live-in job.
s-21	But how can I leave my baby to go and live with another family?
s-22	Hes really young, he needs me, I ll be punishing him.
s-23	I have to breastfeed him, he gets sick.
s-24	I have no family here to help me and I cannot afford a babysitter, Immaculata explains.
s-25	So, we have decided to go back to Kenya, Alfred continues.
s-26	We found out about the AVRR programme through some acquaintances and we googled it.
s-27	And so here we are today, waiting for the moment to take the plane back to our homeland.
s-28	And you know, my older boy in Kenya needs me, too.
s-29	My mother takes care of him but he feels lonely, he often tells me Im not happy, I want you to come home.
s-30	Hes 17 now, Immaculata says.
s-31	However, other members of my family cannot believe we want to go back, they say no, stay there, dont come back to Kenya.
s-32	But, when one lives in Africa, even when told that the situation in Greece is not good, they dont seem to understand it.
s-33	They dont get how hard it is here, they dont have the first-hand experience, they cannot compare.
s-34	Many of our Greek friends are also suffering under the financial crisis, some of them are planning to migrate to America.
s-35	We will be given some assistance by IOM to start again in Kenya, so I hope to buy a used pick-up truck and start my own transport business, be independent and provide for Immaculata and the boys.
s-36	And its always nice to be home says Alfred, smiling.

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