Una vera e propria tragedia, quella che molto spesso accade in campi profughi in giro per il mondo dove milioni di bambini sono costretti a soffrire il freddo e condizioni di solitudine e povertà francamente inaccettabili.
E non soltanto in lontani luoghi, ma anche a pochi passi da casa nostra, come nel caso del campo profughi di Bira a Bihac, dove la fotografa Helena Heatherwick ha realizzato il seguente reportage per Save the Children.
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Jakey*, 15, from Afghanistan is staying in one of the refugee camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.He travelled on foot via Turkey, onwards to Serbia and he told Save the Children the journey was very difficult, with snow on the road.He's now been assigned a legal guardian at the camp where he's staying and says in the future he would like to be able to study.
What was once a fridge factory has now become home to refugees in North West Bosnia. Save the Children provide support and creative activities to unaccompanied minors living here.
What was once a fridge factory has now become home to refugees in Bihac, Bosnia. Save the Children provide support and creative activities to unaccompanied minors living here.
What was once a factory has now become home to refugees in Bosnia. Save the Children provide support and creative activities to unaccompanied minors living here.
At Vucjak refugee camp, now closed, efugee men and unaccompanied minors wait for their chance to cross the border into Croatia. Save the Children evacuated hundreds of unaccompanied children from extremely dangerous conditions at the camp, which was surrounded by minefields and on a former landfill site.
At Vucjak refugee camp, now closed, efugee men and unaccompanied minors wait for their chance to cross the border into Croatia. Save the Children evacuated hundreds of unaccompanied children from extremely dangerous conditions at the camp, which was surrounded by minefields and on a former landfill site.
9 Young boys were found warming their hands in a squat in the Bihac region. The abandoned building which was once destined to become an old people’s home is now home to refugees with nowhere else to go. Tallal (originally from Syria) & Kash (originally from Pakistan) are part of the Save the Children outreach team based in Bihac, Bosnia. They are able to speak to most families and unaccompanied minors in their mother tongues.
They distributed water to the boys and were able to organise for the boys to be taken to the safety of a camp nearby.
9 Young boys were found warming their hands in a squat in the Bihac region. The abandoned building which was once destined to become an old people’s home is now home to refugees with nowhere else to go. Tallal (originally from Syria) & Kash (originally from Pakistan) are part of the Save the Children outreach team based in Bihac, Bosnia. They are able to speak to most families and unaccompanied minors in their mother tongues.
They distributed water to the boys and were able to organise for the boys to be taken to the safety of a camp nearby.
9 Young boys were found warming their hands in a squat in the Bihac region. The abandoned building which was once destined to become an old people’s home is now home to refugees with nowhere else to go. Tallal (originally from Syria) & Kash (originally from Pakistan) are part of the Save the Children outreach team based in Bihac, Bosnia. They are able to speak to most families and unaccompanied minors in their mother tongues.
They distributed water to the boys and were able to organise for the boys to be taken to the safety of a camp nearby.
9 Young boys were found warming their hands in a squat in the Bihac region. The abandoned building which was once destined to become an old people’s home is now home to refugees with nowhere else to go. Tallal (originally from Syria) & Kash (originally from Pakistan) are part of the Save the Children outreach team based in Bihac, Bosnia. They are able to speak to most families and unaccompanied minors in their mother tongues.
They distributed water to the boys and were able to organise for the boys to be taken to the safety of a camp nearby.
9 Young boys were found warming their hands in a squat in the Bihac region. The abandoned building which was once destined to become an old people’s home is now home to refugees with nowhere else to go. Tallal (originally from Syria) & Kash (originally from Pakistan) are part of the Save the Children outreach team based in Bihac, Bosnia. They are able to speak to most families and unaccompanied minors in their mother tongues.
They distributed water to the boys and were able to organise for the boys to be taken to the safety of a camp nearby.
Save the Children staff member Alma visiting Vucjak camp in order to see if there are any unaccompanied minors that can be moved to a safer camp. These photos were taken in Vucjak, an unofficial refugee camp in Bihac in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Save the Children has helped Omar* and his father to move out of immediate danger into warmer and safer accommodation, and have helped him to get new shoes and warm clothes.
Vucjak camp was emptied out on Tuesday 10th December and is set to be demolished on Wednesday 11th December. Prior to this, the camp hosted up to 2,000 men and 60 unaccompanied children at the peak of its activity.
The former waste site, which is surrounded by minefields in a forest, had been converted into a camp in June 2019 but offered no proper shelter, clean water, or clothes to the dozens of children who lived in it, trying to make their way to Europe.
Between June and end of November 2019, Save the Children and Bosnian social services evacuated around 250 children from Vucjak and brought them to safe shelters in the area, one of which has an area providing specialised care for unaccompanied children. On Tuesday, 15 children were relocated from Vucjak before the camp’s closure.
Vucjak camp was emptied out on Tuesday 10th December and is set to be demolished on Wednesday 11th December. Prior to this, the camp hosted up to 2,000 men and 60 unaccompanied children at the peak of its activity.
The former waste site, which is surrounded by minefields in a forest, had been converted into a camp in June 2019 but offered no proper shelter, clean water, or clothes to the dozens of children who lived in it, trying to make their way to Europe.
Between June and end of November 2019, Save the Children and Bosnian social services evacuated around 250 children from Vucjak and brought them to safe shelters in the area, one of which has an area providing specialised care for unaccompanied children. On Tuesday, 15 children were relocated from Vucjak before the camp’s closure.
Many migrants / refugees, including unaccompanied children, are forced to live in desperate and dangerous conditions, including abandoned buildings, like this one in Bihac region, Bosnia.
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