(AFP) It can be months or even years before the thousands of migrants waiting in camps on Greek islands or on the mainland finally receive the prize they crave: asylum.
Omar Singh, a young man from Burkina Faso, arrived on the island of Lesbos over a year ago.
And he may have to wait until December 2021 before he is granted an interview to determine his right to stay — a long drawn-out procedure he says is “driving me mad.”
“When I arrived I wasn’t even 18. I was living in horrible conditions in the Moria (camp) — I fled the fire there in September and now I am in a new camp where my tent leaks when it rains,” Omar says.
