ELIZABETH ON SAMOS

I arrived on Samos thinking about travelling like a refugee, and I left thinking about travelling like a refugee. That’s because on my ferry from Samos to At...

Rahele is a refugee volunteer at the We Are One centre where I've been working on Samos. When she heard I was a writer she wanted to share her poetry with me...

'I first came to the We Are One centre when I was looking for somewhere to eat my shawarma!' Amal is an eighteen year-old refugee from Somalia and we are sit...

I'm writing this blog in the afternoon. Because there's nothing much else to do... The centre where I am volunteering with the refugees on Samos doesn't wor...

'Oh, my friend!' I looked up to see who was trying to get my attention. It was a girl of about ten who I think is an Iraqi refugee at the camp. I'd never spo...

Earlier this year I was at a party in North London. The refugee crisis came up in conversation and a well-heeled woman assured me that her daughter had seen ...

Afrah is an 18 year-old from Mosul, in Iraq, who helps with running the We Are One refugee women’s centre on Samos. She’s currently living in the island’s re...

Photo by Glocal Roots It was a restless night and I was woken repeatedly by dogs barking, and doors banging in a strong wind. When I got to the We Are One ce...

I landed on Samos at sunset. I didn't actually see the sunset directly - I saw it in the screens of all the smartphones that the people on the other side of ...

What should you take with you? Smart packing usually takes more time than I’m willing to give it. It’s like doing tidying plus laundry with some weightliftin...

I'm off to Samos to volunteer for a fortnight at the women's centre run by We Are One Center by Glocal Roots. Why? Well, because this feels like the definin...