Saidou Kamara, the 18-year-old refugee and honor student threatened with deportation on Wednesday, marched for the March 25 celebration in Agios Dimitrios. All the residents of the municipality stood next to him, but he was joined by all those who oppose his deportation. Earlier, the mayor herself, Maria Androutsou, gave a message of optimism that in the end Saidou Kamara will stay in Greece.
The student was warmly supported by the entire community of his school, as there were threats from right-wing extremists. On Wednesday, his deportation is to be decided in the second instance and the local ELME has called a work stoppage in order for his teachers and classmates to support him.
Saidou Kamara is enrolled at the 1st GEL of Agios Dimitrios and the decision to deport him has brought a storm of reaction from those who knew him, who are doing everything they can to keep him in Greece.
Σαϊντού Καμαρά: "We will support him to the end," says mayor
The mayor, Maria Androutsou, is optimistic that the 18-year-old will stay in Greece because the entire local community has embraced him. "The whole local community supports the boy staying in the country. He was extremely integrated 3 years ago. Everyone embraced him, he was not missing from any activity. Even when money was required for activities, he was supported by his classmates' pocket money. So when, after a trip, he almost lost his life, arriving in Kalymnos, it is a huge setback on a human level to deport him," Ms Androutsou explained, speaking to ERT.
The mayor also gave credit to the citizens of the town, as it is not so common for a refugee child to integrate so smoothly and even receive waves of love from everyone. "I hope that the context will be used, that the authorities will understand that Saidou wants to stay in Greece - which is great - and that he will stay in our country. We will support him to enter the University," he adds. It is noted that the decision on Saidou's deportation or stay will be taken on March 30.
"Thank you very much for everything," the 18-year-old told reporters after the parade.
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Saidou's story
Saidou Kamara came to Greece in November 2019 at the age of 16. He stayed for a year and a half in a semi-autonomous/supervised living facility of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Hellas and now lives in an apartment for people over 18 years old. He enrolled in school, connected with friends, received his Greek education, excelled.
However, in December he received a negative decision on his asylum application and now has to leave the country.
The school and other state actors have made great efforts since Christmas to change the decision and keep Saidou in the country.
The school and other state actors have made great efforts since Christmas to change the decision and keep Saidou in the country. However, these efforts have fallen on deaf ears.
It is understood that state intervention is being sought.
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