Papa Stratis, a Greek orthodox priest from Kalloni, Lesvos, supports refugees and migrants who arrive to the island.
“What I see are people. People in need. I cannot turn them away, nor can I kick them, nor imprison them. I cannot send them back to where they came from. Nor can I throw them in the sea to drown.”
Papa Stratis waits for us on a bench in the little courtyard outside his parish church in Kalloni. We visit him to hear how he, with young local people, provide simple, basic things — food, clothes, water, a place to sleep — to the people from Afghanistan, Syria and other places, who come here on boats from Turkey. Papa Stratis and his small young group meet the refugees and migrants as they come off the boats, on the streets and roads of Lesvos and in detention.
This is a story of generosity and hospitality from a local community which, like the rest of Greece, is caught up in an economic crisis.
We ask him what he thinks about the stories of the Greek coastguard illegally pushing back boats as they try to reach Greece: “This should not happen, especially when people are fleeing war. Would you like that? Would you like to be sent back to war?”
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