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Illegal immigrants occupied the Athens Law School

25 January 2011 / 17:01:27  GRReporter
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Muradini tells me that they arrived in Athens to strike: "Either we will get documents, or die. I work in Chania for a contractor working on the roads. I have been here for five years. My family is not with me." I ask him whether he likes to live in Greece and he tells me with a smile that if he did not like it he would not be here.

Kamal is more shy. He follows the conversation between a journalist and another immigrant. I pat his hand and ask him if he wants to tell me his story. He had been in Greece for three years and worked as a painter but had no health insurances and documents. "I'm afraid of the police. My life is work but with no insurance. It is difficult. I am 23 years old. I came alone. I have many friends here." He says that if he has a job he will stay in Greece, but if not - he will leave, he will find another country. His dream? To obtain documents.

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