A sense of achievement on Lesbos

#Lesbos #Moria2

Today is a day when our hearts resonate with joy. ♥️

When Helga and I landed here in September, we met some young, impressive women from Afghanistan.
One of them is R., who spent the last 16 months here in this hell #Moria with her then underage brother.
We learned from her that she had long since received a decision to legally join her two siblings, who have asylum in Austria.
But the administrative hurdles in GR are so big that she just couldn't make it. Helga and I consulted a lot, wrote emails, talked on the phone and it was Helga's greatest concern that we bring this matter to a good end.

Today was the day.
I was allowed to say goodbye to R. and her brother at Mytelini airport in the direction of Athens/Vienna. And I know that if Helga had still been with us today, dancing, laughing and drinking 1/8 red wine, maybe even 2, we would have hugged each other full of joy and she would have said: "there's so much to do there, there's something to do!

After a long time of back and forth, R. was allowed to leave the camp today together with her brother and legally fly to Austria to join her siblings. After 10 days in quarantine in our country, she will finally take her first steps towards a free life in dignity.

Today I could embrace the whole world with joy, it is these moments that make life so worth living.
Now I will drink a glass of wine with my colleague and dear friend Fayad, sit back in gratitude, think of Helga, allow my sadness but also the joy of having had her as a friend and send my best wishes to Austria to R. and her siblings.

It's nice that we know that the two of them are being accompanied well and with lots of love by Theresa there.

A big thank you also to all the supporters, officials, political figures who helped to finally get this protracted case off the ground.justice and humanity have triumphed.

Welcome to your new home in Austria, dear Rahele and dear Mohammad Mahdi.

#EvacuateNow#humanright#moria2

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