Led by professional photographers and filmmakers from around the world, ReFOCUS courses have given students the ability to express themselves and share stories of struggle and resilience
Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: Mohamad Bagher, 44, left Iran with his family after he was ousted from his IT job for being Afghan. They overcame many hurdles to reach Europe—climbing mountains, losing their savings to a smuggler, and nearly drowning at sea."My daughter would tell me, 'Daddy, it is enough. Let's go back home,'" he says."Unfortunately we had no other choice.
Many students go on to make their own films, and some work as freelance journalists, chronicling the migrant experience. Others remain with ReFOCUS to teach new waves of asylum seekers, who often struggle to find work in a foreign country where they do not speak the language.This 45-year-old woman left Afghanistan to “escape the war," she says."My husband was martyred, my brother was martyred, and I was extremely afraid my sons could be killed at any time.
This 25-year-old woman, an Afghan national born and raised in Iran, says she fled her home after filing for divorce from a violent husband who then took her child. As a single woman, the journey to Europe was terrifying. She ran away from human traffickers three times for fear of being raped. Now in Greece, her biggest hope is to be reunited with her daughter. “I want to bring my daughter to me very soon to build a good life and a good future for her.
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