Port of dreams and despair
Despite several attempts, Azam, a 26-year-old from South Sudan, has yet to stow away onto a ferry from Greece to Italy. But the immigrant refuses to abandon his dream.
"I want to go to northern Europe and find a decent job and live a good life," said Azam, who lives in an abandoned factory near the port of Patras. "I'll never give up."
Azam boarded a small fishing boat in Egypt with 175 other immigrants earlier this year after paying about $3,000 to go to Italy, he said, but the boat took them to Crete instead.
An Afghan immigrant stands in a disused factory near the ferry terminal.
An Afghan immigrant sits inside a factory across the street from the ferry terminal.
Afghan immigrants play cards to while away the time.
An Afghan immigrant bandages his foot.
Sudanese immigrants charge their mobile phones at a makeshift source of electricity.
Sudanese immigrants store their toothbrushes and disposable razors on a wire grille.
An Afghan immigrant sits inside a disused factory.
The belongings of Afghan immigrants hang on the wall of a factory.
A Sudanese immigrant sits inside a deserted textile factory.
Sudanese immigrants stand inside a deserted textile factory.
A Sudanese immigrant reads a pamphlet on racism distributed by the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR.
An Afghan immigrant looks out from a factory window.
A Sudanese immigrant walks through a deserted textile factory.
A Sudanese immigrant prays near an abandoned factory.
An Afghan immigrant looks through a wooden fence as he prepares to make a run towards the ferry terminal.
An African immigrant jumps over a fence into the ferry terminal.
A security officer shouts at Afghan immigrants who have jumped over a fence at the ferry terminal.
Sudanese immigrants run behind a truck, hoping to climb onto it and board a ferry to Italy.
A Sudanese immigrant climbs under a truck.
Afghan immigrants walk through the ferry terminal.
