“I’m glad that we have this school in the camp,” says 10-years-old Sawa* from Iraq, “I have learned many new things. I wish I could go to the ‘big’ school again, but I know that because of the epidemic we shouldn’t go out.”
10 years old Ali* integrated well in his new neighbourhood. He already plays football in school’s club and wants to be a professional player one day, like his hero, Cristiano Ronaldo...
“Being a family with children, we weren’t exposed to physical violence, but we were returned without our possessions. Without phones, money, even the sleeping bags - they took everything. Once we were detained for two days...
Baby Amir* was only 7 days old when we met his mother Zahra* at Bira migrant and refugee camp in Bihac, Una-Sana Canton, in north-west Bosnia and Herzegovina.
They are called “children on the move”. Children who have been travelling for years to reach a country where, as they’ve been told, “they will be just fine ...”.
North West Balkans 