Neglect in Plain Sight: Pleading for Lifesaving Aid at the UNHCR

Anwar Nillufary

Enduring profound #starvation and neglect outside the #UNHCR office, my failed attempts at securing urgent nourishment via the reception and unacknowledged complaints to their Inspector General incited further outreach to passing staff on June 25th, 2024.  Despite my exhaustion, interactions captured in this video reveal me imploring two agents and a Kurdish interpreter for urgent talks with the High Commissioner’s representative in Greece, #MariaClaraMartin, immediate nourishment, questioning the communication barriers, and demanding an end to my captivity in Greece.  Alas, my pleas were ignored, with staff either entering the building forcefully or diverting to the side-street entrance to evade engagement.  Your support remains crucial.     #HumanRights #RefugeeRights #EndStarvation #SpeakUp #JusticeForRefugees #EndCaptivity #InvisibleCrisis #HumanitarianAid #EndNeglect #BreakingBarriers

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00:00I need to see the High Commission of Representatives right now. I need food here. I need food here.

00:08Why communication through reception is not possible? Why aren't you responding to my communications?

00:13I am talking to you. Why am I starving here every day? I need food here.

00:19I need to stay with UNHCR. Why the communication from UNHCR is not possible?

00:24Hey, are you criminals here? Why should I be struggling for food every day?

00:30I need food here. Food right now.

00:35UNHCR, UNHCR, I am talking to you. I need food here.

00:54Why communication through reception is not possible? Why aren't you responding to emails?

00:59I am starving here. Where is food? What kind of humanitarians are you?

01:16On the other side, there is a Kurdish interpreter. Try him.

01:33Hey mister, I am talking to you. I need to speak with the High Commission of Representatives.

01:40I am talking to you. I need to speak with the High Commission of Representatives.

01:46I need food right now. I need food. Why communication through reception is not possible?

01:51Why aren't you responding to my captivity in this country?

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