LESBOS ISLAND
A boat full of refugees far in the distance. The journey, unknown and dangerous ahead.
The sound of waves hitting the cliffs on shore. At night in the darkness, you could see tens of little flashlights blinking on the other side of the ocean. People are waiting their turn to cross the Aegean sea. Waves are big and dangerous, but still, it’s easier to cross than stay in one’s home.
The Aegean sea doesn’t have mercy, and, in one day, tens of boats could capsize. 2015 was the deadliest year for refugees coming to Europe.
It’s a massive immigration movement in the history of our world, with millions of people running away from the place they called home. Now you know it by the name battlefield.
A cemetery is filling up with anonymous graves: Afghan No:1, Afghan No:16, Syrian No:3.
Many never make it ashore, and that’s just the entrance to limbo. Fleeing Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran to seek new hope from Europe, where some locals don’t want you to come.
(2015)
