That's really something -- a group of migrants in a play in Greece telling about their experiences.
IN GREECE, MIGRANTS RELIVE HARROWING BOAT JOURNEYS, BUT ONSTAGE
By STEVEN ZEITCHIKcontact the reporter
After trekking hundreds of miles through fierce climates and villages filled with murderous bandits, the migrants had finally reached their destination.
Or, at least, the boat that might carry them to it.
The vessel was a rickety thing, its white paint peeling and hull cracking. It could hardly be trusted for a Sunday picnic, let alone a 200-mile voyage across a heavily patrolled Aegean.
But the young men climbed in just the same, hoping, in the journey to Greece, to get as far as possible from their native lands. Away from crushing poverty and the vice-like grip of groups such as the Taliban. Toward Europe, whatever that was.
Continue reading at:
http://www.latimes.com/world/great-reads/la-fg-c1-greece-refugee-theater-2015062
IN GREECE, MIGRANTS RELIVE HARROWING BOAT JOURNEYS, BUT ONSTAGE
By STEVEN ZEITCHIKcontact the reporter
After trekking hundreds of miles through fierce climates and villages filled with murderous bandits, the migrants had finally reached their destination.
Or, at least, the boat that might carry them to it.
The vessel was a rickety thing, its white paint peeling and hull cracking. It could hardly be trusted for a Sunday picnic, let alone a 200-mile voyage across a heavily patrolled Aegean.
But the young men climbed in just the same, hoping, in the journey to Greece, to get as far as possible from their native lands. Away from crushing poverty and the vice-like grip of groups such as the Taliban. Toward Europe, whatever that was.
Continue reading at:
http://www.latimes.com/world/great-reads/la-fg-c1-greece-refugee-theater-2015062
