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title: "Mohamed"
description: "“It took 8 months for my wife and I to reach Greece. One time, the smuggler was on crystal meth.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/mohamed"
language: "en"
published: "2016-09-16T08:24:56Z"
modified: "2017-02-12T21:15:29Z"
---

# Mohamed

Published 16. Sep 2016|Updated 12. Feb 2017

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

“It took 8 months for my wife and I to reach Greece. One time, the smuggler was on crystal meth."

"Another smuggler stole everything, even my wedding ring. After 4,5 months in Chios, my wife and I got permission to travel to Athens. I hear the conditions in camps in Athens are terrible. We spoke to friends and they say men to go women’s bathrooms and do terrible things. I don’t know what is best for us. To go to Athens or stay here. The conditions here are terrible as well. My asylum interview date is in January next year.”

*Mohamed and his wife are #MoreThanANumber (Location: Chios, Greece)*

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