Refugees almost drowned spoke: We got on the road once we saw the statement

2020-03-02 11:28:49


	ÇANAKKALE - A group of 35 refugees who went to the sea yesterday with two inflatable boats to go to Lesbos Island from Ayvacık district was in danger of drowning. Afghan refugee Cafer Imami, who was rescued at the last moment, said, “We have been waiting to leave for a year now. We got on the road as soon as we heard the statement."

	After the air attack in Idlib, the drama of the refugees that the government carried to the border gates by saying “we have opened the border” is growing. Two inflatable boats sunk yesterday that went to the sea yesterday to go to Lesbos Island from Yeşil Liman, located in Ayvacık district of Çanakkale, sank with many women and children. Refugees rescued by the Coast Guard were brought to Babakale Port. It was learned that the 21-person Afghan refugee group came to Çanakkale when they found out that the Greece border is closed.

	 

	'WE GOT ON THE ROAD AS SOON AS WE HEARD THE NEWS'

	 

	23 year old Cafer İmami who was rescued from one of the boats that sank, stating that he came to Turkey a year ago, said: "We have been waiting to leave for a year now. We got on the road early in the morning. The police waiting at the coast of Greece turned us down. Our boat has sank. The Coast Guard brought us here. We have no jobs or school in Afghanistan. We want to go to Europe."

	 

	'WE JUST WANT A BETTER LIFE'

	 

	Hussein Saftari one of the people in the boat heading to Lesbos Island said: "There is a war in Afghanistan, there is a Taliban. We have no jobs. That's why we are here. We just want a better life."