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  'I have my mother and three little brothers in Kabul who depend on this trip, failure was not an option.'Ahmad (not his real name) is 16 years old.It comes to Europe from Afghanistan and tries ten times to jump over the wall of the port of Patras in Greece.He is also bitten by the guards' dogs.But in the end he succeeds.And while he does it, he films himself with his cell phone. Feet, black sneakers, faded pants of the same color, a blue thread passing over one foot.The legs are leaning on a metal bar, there is an intense noise, it could be that of a plane or a ship.The mobile phone picks up, but it's still not clear where we are, an iron skeleton and the air flowing, for a moment it seems like we're in flight.The phone is lowered and it is finally clear what is happening in this video:the asphalt flows fast and the wheel of a truck turns at the same speed.The cell phone returns to the bars under the truck and the camera turns towards the person holding it:the head bent in a...

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