Research Paper On Lesbos
“Dr. Iris Adler our friend from IsraAID who works alongside us was attacked and injured by a mentally ill women in the clinic today and sustained a facial laceration just missing her right eye, thankfully nothing too serious,” says Dr. Michael-John Von Hörsten, a volunteer doctor in the Greek Island of Lesbos.
Dr. Iris Adler, 32, is a volunteer doctor from IsraAID, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides life-saving disaster relief and long term support to the refugees crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece each day.
On October 14, 2015 an eight-month-old baby who had drowned the previous day on the way to Lesbos and was buried on the island. Once the funeral was over, Dr. Iris Adler, who had spent the day with the grieving mother, went straight back to work — giving medical aid to Hanan, a Syrian mother who gave birth to a beautiful baby boy (Ahmed) on the beach, right after getting off the boat she came on the hundreds of refugees arriving each day on the beach.
“And as fate would have it, a day that had started with sorrow and grief ended with joy and happiness,” says Adler.
For the Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis, who make up the vast majority of those arriving, having Israelis as a first contact in Europe can be unexpected.
“Before I came here, I worried that the refugees from Arab countries might feel uncomfortable in my presence, because I am from Israel. But I was surprised by how positively they have responded. When I told where I am from, many of them have embraced me and they were happy," says Adler.
When Hanan gave birth to baby Ahmed with the help of Dr. Adler, the tension between the Palestinians and the Israelis was high in Jerusalem, yet in Lesbos everyone was working in harmony to give a refugee baby a chance in life. “A Syrian baby born on the beach in Lesbos was welcomed into this world by an Israeli doctor and carried to safety by an Iraqi refugee. Not one person arriving on the beach this last week said anything about our nationalities. They were just happy to have people here to welcome them, and to look after them. Your hatred is not welcome here. There is another way, and we showed it together on the beaches of Lesbos,” says Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies director of Human Rights Watch.
Photos: Boaz Arad/ISraAID, Peter Bouckaert/Human Rights Watch and AP.
Background information: Bild.de:
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Dr. Iris Adler, 32, is a volunteer doctor from IsraAID, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides life-saving disaster relief and long term support to the refugees crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece each day.
On October 14, 2015 an eight-month-old baby who had drowned the previous day on the way to Lesbos and was buried on the island. Once the funeral was over, Dr. Iris Adler, who had spent the day with the grieving mother, went straight back to work — giving medical aid to Hanan, a Syrian mother who gave birth to a beautiful baby boy (Ahmed) on the beach, right after getting off the boat she came on the hundreds of refugees arriving each day on the beach.
“And as fate would have it, a day that had started with sorrow and grief ended with joy and happiness,” says Adler.
For the Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis, who make up the vast majority of those arriving, having Israelis as a first contact in Europe can be unexpected.
“Before I came here, I worried that the refugees from Arab countries might feel uncomfortable in my presence, because I am from Israel. But I was surprised by how positively they have responded. When I told where I am from, many of them have embraced me and they were happy," says Adler.
When Hanan gave birth to baby Ahmed with the help of Dr. Adler, the tension between the Palestinians and the Israelis was high in Jerusalem, yet in Lesbos everyone was working in harmony to give a refugee baby a chance in life. “A Syrian baby born on the beach in Lesbos was welcomed into this world by an Israeli doctor and carried to safety by an Iraqi refugee. Not one person arriving on the beach this last week said anything about our nationalities. They were just happy to have people here to welcome them, and to look after them. Your hatred is not welcome here. There is another way, and we showed it together on the beaches of Lesbos,” says Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies director of Human Rights Watch.
Photos: Boaz Arad/ISraAID, Peter Bouckaert/Human Rights Watch and AP.
Background information: Bild.de:
http://bit.ly/1MYjFf9