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Odile Duperry
AFP Athens bureau chief.
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Moufid mulls Plan B

Tuesday 20 December 2016

"I first met Moufid in the summer, when I wrote about the unusual case of this Syrian refugee," writes Athens bureau chief Odile Duperry. "Moufid is not what you would call a stereotypical refugee. Despite the enormous obstacles in his way, the dapper gentleman who used to run several restaurants in Aleppo managed to get asylum in Greece in just three months. This opened the way for him to travel where he had wanted to go all along -- Germany, where he lived as a young man and where two of his brothers and one daughter live today. Though once he got there, he was no longer sure he would stick with that plan. He may now opt for Plan B -- staying in Greece."

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'I've always hated waiting and now that's all I do'

Monday 29 August 2016

As part of our comprehensive coverage of the refugee crisis, AFP reporters are following a handful of refugees at different stages of their journeys toward Europe. You can read about the young Iraqi couple waiting on asylum in The Netherlands here.

In this instalment, Athens bureau chief Odile Duperry recounts the story of Moufid, a restaurant owner from the Syrian city of Aleppo, who is waiting for a new beginning in Greece.

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