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Giorgio Morra

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Bad Game
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Bad Game
Copyright Giorgio Morra 2024
Updated Jan 2022
Location Bihac
Topics Essays, Human Rights, Journalism, Migration, Personal Projects, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics
"We have lost our language and with it the naturalness of our reactions, the simplicity of our gestures and the unforced expression of our feelings. [...] Our identity changes so frequently that no one can figure out who we actually are. [...] and that means the collapse of our private world." Hannah Arendt, We RefugeesIn northwestern Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe's dysfunctional migration system can be observed with horror.
Una-Sana Canton is the starting point for refugees from the Middle East on a life-threatening journey through the EU's closed gate - "the game," they say, as if it's all just a game.
Through impassable forest areas, some of which are mined from the Bosnian war, the refugees try to reach Croatian territory at night. Many injure themselves in the complete darkness. Those who manage it are threatened with push-back and the harshness of the Croatian police after crossing the border. They often use force against the migrants and take everything from them. Without shoes, papers and their dignity, they return to Bosnia - and often live there without international help in empty shacks or abandoned factory buildings and depend on individual help from private individuals or small NGOs.
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