Occasional Victories

Life as a refugee support volunteer with it's occasional victories and frequent defeats.

Occasional Victories is a place for links, news, rants and raves about Refugee related issues.

If you would like to contribute just drop me an email at carigeen(a)yahoo.com

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2003-06-03
 
Is there a school that bureaucrats go to ...
to learn how to make people miserable in as many ways as possible?

Yesterday:
I saw a letter refusing to grant single parent allowance because 'you are seperated geographically only'!

I found out that the ambulance will take you and your sick child to hospital but won't take you back. The hospital is 25km away so that's a 20 Euro taxi fare out of your 19:50 weekly allowance.

Medical cards don't cover non-prescription drugs such as cough syrup any more.

I heard of a family that told it's young children that if they were deported they would leave the kids behind in Ireland.

Heard a rumour about a three-year-old being hit with a belt in the face causing scars. People are taking out their fustrations on their children.

I wish I knew what to do.