Syrians in Greece: The Falafel Maker

2,540 views · Published 3 August 2017 · 1:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2017 · News & Politics

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“The refugees who are here are not all hopeless”, says Ahmed, a Syrian refugee who taught himself the business of making falafels in Skaramagas refugee site in Athens, Greece.

There are more than 60,000 refugees and migrants – most from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – living in refugee sites and other facilities across Greece. Some have been here for over a year. While they wait for their asylum applications to be reviewed, many are trying to build fuller lives in Greece.

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