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NameAli and Leili
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Country of OriginIran
Destination CountryGreece

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s-1 When I met Ali, he was wearing plastic gloves and pointing refugees in the right direction.
s-2 I was happy to finally see someone who could communicate with Afghan refugees.
s-3 When I asked which organisation he was working for he showed me his drenched ankles.
s-4 He had arrived on a boat from Turkey a few hours before.
s-5 My name is Ali, I am from Ahvaz, Iran.
s-6 Next to me is the love of my life, Leili.
s-7 We met at a hospital after I had a motorcycle accident in Tehran and we have been together ever since.
s-8 I had a visa to go to Germany but to stay with Leili, I had to travel illegally through Turkey.
s-9 This is the third time I am a fleeing my home.
s-10 When we contacted the smuggler in Turkey, he promised to take us to Greece for 1500 USD.
s-11 We thought that by Greece he meant Athens.
s-12 We didn't expect to arrive on an island close to Turkey, on Lesbos island.
s-13 We had no other choice but to trust them.
s-14 One night we were told to wait near a highway, we were about 35 people.
s-15 The smuggler came and put us all in his van.
s-16 We drove all night.
s-17 We arrived somewhere – it was still dark outside - and walked and walked..
s-18 and we finally could smell the sea.
s-19 As we were walking, some people who could not afford the smuggler and who had been waiting in the woods for hours, joined a group after the smuggler left.
s-20 We were suddenly 45 people boarding the boat.
s-21 An Afghan man started the engine, and it was still dark outside.
s-22 He opened a box full of life vests, which all disappeared in a wink.
s-23 There were not enough life vests for everyone.
s-24 People started fighting and some tried to resell their vests for 50 euro.
s-25 On the boat, every wave shook us like a mad cradle.
s-26 I saw my life passing in front of me.
s-27 We had so many fears: fear of the sea, fear of police, of entering Europe, fear not to make it.
s-28 We danced with the waves of the sea and we all prayed to our gods.
s-29 But I can tell you that our common language was fear.
s-30 At some point the motor stopped.
s-31 The boat was too heavy and the engine was too weak, but we made it start again.
s-32 As we went on we started seeing an orang line on the other side.
s-33 After an eternity that was hardly two and a half hours we saw that the orange line was a collection of life-vests left behind by other migrants on the shore.
s-34 We finally made it.

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