Flüchtlinge erzählen – Berichte eines Arabisch sprechenden Helfers
Monday, November 23, 2015 Even though Dornach is to be closed at the end of the month, again 600 refugees have been moved there just recently. Some of these have been accommodated there for over a week now and no one knows exactly what is going to happen. Upon request, the information was given that … Weiterlesen
Monday, November 9, 2015 I drove past the Central Bus Station (CBS) around 9 p.m. and spontaneously decided to have a look at the new containers of the CBS Angels. But it came as it was to come: I stayed until 1 clock in the morning. At the CBS, a lot has happened. There are … Weiterlesen
Sunday, November 1, 2015 There were still about 600 guests in Dornach. No further buses had been announced online. I arranged to meet a Farsi interpreter in order to conduct a few conversations with Afghans. When I arrived at the accommodation facilities, they suddenly said: „Karim, can you please make the announcement on the bus?“ … Weiterlesen
Friday, October 30, 2015. Another 1,500 refugees were said to arrive at the shelter in Dornach. Since it is hard for me to do night shifts during the week, I decided to spend the night there and stayed from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Upon my arrival, I realized that I was not the only … Weiterlesen
Friday, the 23/10/2015. I hadn’t really planned to go out again this evening. But at about 11 p.m. I got a message from the ZOB volunteers that more buses were expected. So I went out around midnight to help out for two hours. It was a cold night, and because it was very late and … Weiterlesen
Wednesday, 14.10.2015 Yesterday, the information came in that from 8 p.m. onwards about 900 refugees would arrive at Dornach. Therefore, I headed over with a fellow Tunisian to help on site. Originally, I had wanted to stay only until 11 p.m. However, since the busses arrived very late, I missed the last train back. That’s … Weiterlesen
Saturday, 10.10.2015 I don’t really have much to tell today, since I wasn’t out much. At about 11 p.m. I wanted to collect some tickets from the bus station for the volunteers. But then I walked around some more, looking for refugees with children. Some families with kids don’t realise how cold the nights get … Weiterlesen
Sunday, 27. Sep 2015 Yesterday evening I was at the central bus station from 8pm until midnight working both as a volunteer helper and an Arabic translator. I only had a few smaller encounters. There were also a large number of Afghanis around, with whom I cannot converse as their language is different. First encounter … Weiterlesen
Thursday, 24/09/2015. I stayed in Dornach from 7pm to 1am yesterday. About 340 guests were in the shelter when I turned up, with another 100 people arriving later on. It was very busy and I barely had time for conversations. Encounter 1 A Syrian man arrived with his wife with destination to Trier [a … Weiterlesen
Monday, 21.09.2015 Actually, the refugees should have left Dornach yesterday. Apparently, a lack of busses was the reason why a portion of those present remained at the shelter. I called to find out what was missing food wise, and made my way to the Arabian food store in my neighborhood of Pasing. There I wanted … Weiterlesen