“Ramadan was one of more than a million refugees and migrants who took boats and flimsy dinghies to European shores in 2015. Along with forty-seven others, most of whom were Syrian, he crossed the Aegean in an inflatable raft that he estimates was made for a maximum load of twenty-five people. ‘There were so many children on it. We went out in the night. The kids were crying. We kept telling them, ‘See the light there in the distance? That’s where we are going.’” Four hours later, they landed, the boat already halfway full of water and on the brink of sinking. They emerged onto the rock shores and made their way back to solid land after, as Ramadan put it, seeing death yet again.” SyriaGreeceRefugeesAnti Fascism Book:Alerta! Alerta!: Snapshots of Europe's Anti-fascist Struggle Source: Alerta! Alerta!: Snapshots of Europe's Anti-fascist Struggle
“While many Europeans made world headlines when they rolled out the red carpet for refugees and migrants fleeing war and economic deprivation, the influx of arrivals also provided the hardline right with a renewed voice. “People coming from this war will act a certain way, so it’s not just the fault of Germans. But we aren’t animals.” Ramadan, like hundreds of thousands of others, waited eagerly to find out if his family would be able to join him. In the meantime, he spent each day waiting for his wife to call, waiting for another temporary assurance that none of his relatives had died.” GermanyRefugeesRefugee CrisisAnti FascismSyrian Civil War Book:Alerta! Alerta!: Snapshots of Europe's Anti-fascist Struggle Source: Alerta! Alerta!: Snapshots of Europe's Anti-fascist Struggle