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NameAmeer, Ahmad and Rant
Gendern
Country of OriginSyrian Arab Republic
Destination CountryGreece
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In late 2017 Ameer, a 28-year-old mother from Aleppo, Syria, found out that her family was eligible for relocation to Germany. Ameer left her hometown of Aleppo with her husband Ahmad and 4-year-old daughter, Rant, to escape war – her mother is still trapped there. On March 13, 2016 they arrived by a rubber boat on the island of Chios and soon ended up at the Diavata camp near Thessaloniki, where the family spent 3 months, hoping that the border would open. After applying for asylum, Ameer and her family moved to an apartment and got into the European Union's relocation programme implemented by the IOM. It was during the IOMs medical tests that they discovered Ahmad suffers from a serious heart condition. Ahmad, a carpenter, was complaining about chest pain when in Thessaloniki, but at the local hospital he was reassured that it was nothing to worry about. Ameer believes that its the war and the hardships of being a refugee that took a toll on her husbands heart. Now, Ameers priority is her husbands heart surgery. At the hospital in Athens, they proposed that Ahmad would have the operation here but we opted for Germany, since were moving there anyway, she said. Germany is the holy grail for the majority of Syrian refugees but Ameer is not among them. To be honest, I wanted to go to Sweden to continue my studies in biology, she explained. Shes yet to know in which city shell start her new life, and said well find out soon, during the cultural orientation session. All I want is to go there, get my husband back to health, learn the language and get a job. Ameer didnt waste any time while in Greece: she took Greek language classes (shes already fluent in English) and even got to work with Time magazine while they were covering a story in Greece: I did translation work for them but then I got more and more involved. I really liked it and hopefully the experience will help me get a job in Germany, Ameer explained.

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