Siika Ivanova I left in 2009. Money problem, the usual reason. In Bulgaria we used to live in a village where life was hard, the transport was not well developed and the wages were low. The first thing I have noticed in Greece were the water barrels on top of all houses – that is [...]
Aunt Lety ( Violeta Moskova ) from Gorna Oryahovitza The year is 1998. NATO closes the middle sergeant schools and I am left unemployed. And in that time finding a job as a teacher became impossible. My older daughter was third year in college and I decided that is time for me to take the road to [...]
Viki used to live in Sofia, with her family – her husband and her 2 sons. She was working as a teacher in a primary school for 19 years, and her husband had a liquor store. Her and her family’s life was comfortable, until in 1989 there was an economic crisis in Bulgaria, and especially [...]
“…I left my children behind … They grew up without my presence only because I thought I could find a better future here in Greece… But most people in Bulgaria they made it. And I think I regret that I came here and left them alone. Because they ‘ve been through too much stuff…” “…At [...]
“I came in Greece legally. I had my VISA because my husband is Greek. My first job was in Zakynthos. I worked there for 6 months and then I went back to Bulgaria to have my new VISA. But I had to return immediately in Zakynthos. I start my trip back to Greece but the [...]
Aneta Capela in one page and her life experience in Greek. I didn’t leave Bulgaria, I escaped. Is this the moment to tell it was with a fake passport? I furnished it by making presents to the right person- coffee, chocolate, things that we haven’t had in Bulgaria in that time (these times). I escaped [...]
Κατά τη δεκαετία του 1980 η Ελλάδα άρχισε να γίνεται χώρα-δέκτης μεταναστών, κυρίως από ασιατικές και αφρικανικές χώρες, αλλά και αρκετών Κούρδων και Παλαιστίνιων προσφύγων. Αργότερα, με την κατάρρευση του «Ανατολικού Μπλοκ» στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του ’90, παρατηρήθηκε μεγάλη εισροή μεταναστών από χώρες της…. ανατολικής Ευρώπης, ειδικά από γείτονες χώρες όπως η Αλβανία, η [...]
