May 2019 | Reception crisis in Northern Greece: three years of emergency solutions of us. Now that our interview passed, we are scared of receiving asylum and being kicked out of the camp like the others. There is always fear ruling our lives and not opportunities.” SULEIMAN L.* (25) cxxvi 2. Suleiman L.* (25) is from Afghanistan and a torture victim. He arrived on Samos shortly after the EU-Turkey ‘deal’ came into effect and nearly a year later was granted refugee status. He was transferred to Diavata camp almost a year after his arrival in Greece. “When I was granted asylum, I was told: ‘Either you accept to go to Diavata or you will become homeless.’ I accepted. Here we are far from integration. We are far from a future. We are also far from our families. My wife and my three children are in Kabul. I applied for family reunification as soon as I arrived in the mainland. I want to bring them to safety. It has been 16 months since I applied. But I have no answer. I am spending days and nights worrying about them. They are in danger. Since I arrived in Greece I got injured several times: On Samos, in Diavata. Last time, I got injured on my head by a knife… I try everything to integrate and to get independent from state help. I tried finding work, but the only thing I found was work in the harvest in Thiva. My friends and me live together in one container. We worked in different periods, because one is always needed to stay back in the camp and protect our shelter. Otherwise some stranger will just take it. I tried learning Greek but the lessons here have no continuity. The teachers change and the lessons start from zero again and again. Nobody asked us what knowledge we have and if we learned a specific profession. I got political asylum here and I got documents. I applied for AMKA, AFM and I made tax declarations. I even applied for an unemployment card. After all this, the Greek government didn’t do anything for me to learn the language, to find a job and a place to stay. We all speak our own languages here until today: Dari, Farsi, Arabic, Kurdish….!” Suleiman was evicted from Diavata camp in March 2019 following the Ministry of Migration Policy announcement on the gradual termination of accommodation to beneficiaries of international protection living in refugee camps in mainland Greece. Suleiman was given a copy of the Ministry’s announcement and an informative letter about his eviction that he had to sign in order not to lose his right of receiving cash-assistance for another three months. Suleiman did not receive any information or advise on social welfare or housing. Since the end of March, he has been homeless. He told us that many of his friends left Greece last February for other EU countries after the Ministry’s announcement. He has stayed as his family reunification request is pending but he has not received any answer so far. He describes how he is thinking all day about his children and cannot concentrate. They call him and say they are hungry and afraid. He doesn’t know what to answer. Suleiman was expecting his eviction when he spoke to us about his non-existent options for integration and the difficult conditions in the camp. https://rsaegean.org/en/reception-crisis-in-northern-greece-three-years-of-emergency-solutions 22