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The story of my life, written from Moria’s unknown prison
by Anonymous
Migrants stand outside container houses in Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece

HELLO to everyone reading this. I cannot tell you my name but I can tell you that I am from Afghanistan. I am now one of the many thousands of refugees in a camp by the name of Moria, in Greece.

I arrived on Lesbos almost three years ago. 

As everyone knows, Afghanistan is not a safe country — there is civil war, and a lot of people are fighting for their lives. 

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