Refugees struggle to reunite with their families: Stories of separation and hope
Refugees struggle to reunite with their families: Stories of separation and hope
Father Solomon embraces tightly his youngest son, Yoftahie, who has just landed to Athens with his mother and siblings under the gaze of female members of the Eritrean Orthodox congregation in Greece, who joined Father Solomon welcoming his family at the International Airport of Athens.
At the arrivals gate of “Eleftherios Venizelos” International Airport in Athens, the Solomon family embraces tightly. After 12 long years of separation, they are finally reunited. Solomon Mesein, a priest and symbolic figure for the Eritrean Orthodox congregation in Greece, has just welcomed his wife and three children to their new home.
Read the stories of refugee families reuniting after many years of separation in Greece.
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