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Veles (North Macedonia), 5 Dec (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Georgi Licovski).- Although the Balkan route has been officially closed since March 2016, migrants and refugees continue to travel through Eastern Europe on their way to other countries. This year more than 10,000 people have attempted to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, according to the Macedonian news agency MIA. Lenche has met young people coming from many countries, fleeing from wars, and throughout the night the lanterns in the courtyard remain lit so that anyone walking the tracks can easily find the door. The basement is full of basic necessities, clothes and medicines ready for those who need them. FOOTAGE OF REFUGEES PASSING THROUGH THE LENCHE HOUSE. STATEMENTS BY LENCHE ZDRAVKIN, A WOMAN WHO TAKES IN REFUGEES.Soundbite 1: "I quickly realized that they were too mature for their age, because living in the whirlwind of war had forced them to grow up early."Soundbite 2: "It was difficult to give help until people began to realize it, since Macedonians were not well informed at first."Soundbite 3: "Many times, even when their children are gone, mothers still call me to ask if I have contacted them or if I know anything about how their children are doing."
Skopje, Aug 30 (EFE).- The first group of Afghan refugees arrived Monday in the capital of North Macedonia from Tbilisi in a Boeing 767 aircraft of the Afghan private airline Kam Air. The Government of North Macedonia announced that the country would accept about 780 Afghan people. (Camera: GEORGI LICOVSKI).SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF AFGHAN PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE SKOPJE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SKOPJE, REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA.
Images of a wall being built at Turkey's border with Iran to prevent a new refugee flow, mainly from Afghanistan as the Taliban take over the country. For now, a 5km section of the 3 metre-high wall is under construction, and Turkey is aiming to build a 295km long wall on its Iranian border, beefed up by barbed wires and trenches. Turkey, which is already home to 3.7 million Syrians who fled the war, fears another influx of refugees from Afghanistan. IMAGES
Johannesburg (South Africa), May 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Kim Ludbrook) The NGO Lifting Dreams, founded by the 81kg weightlifting champion Khati Mabuya, among others, trains more than fifty young people from Soweto to help them deal with issues such as drug addiction, alcoholism or the Covid-19 pandemic through sports. FOOTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TRAINING IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG
Reading (UK), Mar 8 (EPA-EFE).- (Camera: Neil Hall) For refugees and asylum seekers, starting a new life in the UK presents a number of difficult challenges, from learning the language to finding common ground with the locals.And that is why Sactuary Strikers Football Club was born, a soccer team that seeks to bring cultures closer together, integrate and foster a cohesion between communities that will lead to great friendships and conversations so that no one feels alone.FOOTAGE OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, PLAYING AND TRAINING IN READINGSOUNDBITES OF TOMSON CHALKE, FOUNDER OF THE TEAMTRANSLATION"Sanctuary Strikers is a project that we started to promote integration and cohesion between communities. As a personal story I realized that I needed friends for being part of a minority community and sometimes if you have something like soccer, which people have fun with, people come to you and you can start to have a conversation. When we start talking, that's when we establish conversations, we learn about each other's cultures, we share who we are and where we come from. That is what we are trying to promote. We are affiliated with a group of refugees. I work as a volunteer there. And it is where we realized that people need help to learn, speak English and also make friends."Soccer is a beautiful sport that brings people closer together and promotes our vision at Sanctuary Strikers, which is community cohesion, integration. We learn from each other, there is no discrimination in soccer. There are no borders in soccer, unites nations, we are all one. Regardless of color, race, culture. It is a beautiful sport that unites people. With football we all smile, and we end up talking to each other. After the game when we hit each other hand in hand, we support each other to do better. That's what we want. "
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