Livet i Sandholm, en flygtningelejr i Danmark

Som de fleste lande i Europa, har Danmark mange flygtningelejre. Sandholm er en af de største. Omkring 600 flygtninge lever i Sandholm. Der er også et fængsel.

Danske Røde Kors organiserer alt i Sandholm Når flygtninge kommer illegalt til danmark, bringer politiet dem til sandholm og overgiver dem til Dansk Røde Kors. Røde kors placerer flygtningene i et rum med fire personer. De modtager simpelt sengetøj og en madbillet for morgenmad, frokost og aftensmad.

Røde kors følger et system. Fase 1, Fase 2 og Fase 3. Alle i sandholm er informeret omkring dette system.

Røde kors’ system

Fase 1: I denne fase er folk nye og politiet undersøger deres fingeraftryk. Man modtager kun mad og 100 kr. hver anden uge. Efter omkring 3 måneder, bliver man flyttet til fase 2.

Fase 2: Nu skal man interviewes af udlændningeservice, derefter skal man vente på svar fra dem, hvilket kan være både positivt og negativt. Man bliver tilbudt sprogkurser, og man modtager penge til mad, men man får ingen madbilletter. Hvis man tager imod tilbuddet om sprogkurser, modtager man 1000 kr. hver anden uge, men hvis man ikke tager imod sprogkurser, får man kun 700 kr. hver anden uge. Disse penge skal dække mad, tøj og alle andre personlige behov. Efter nogle måneder får man svar fra udlændinge service. Hvis det er positivt, starter et nyt liv for en. Men hvis det er negativt, så bliver Sandhol, ens hjem for meget lang tid.

Fase 3: Hvis ens sag er blevet godkendt, er der ingen fase tre, ellers betyder fase tre at man bliver tilbudt engelske sprogkurser, men ingen danske. Man modtager ingen penge, i stedet modtager man madbilletter, en tandbørste, shampoo og en barberskraber hver anden uge. Der er en butik i lejren hvorfra man modtager tøj hver sjette måned, men kun ganske lidt. I denne fase er du også nød til at møde op hos politiet to gange om ugen.

Interview med Mariwan fra Sandholm

Mariwan er 28 år og har været i Danmark i tre år.

Hvordan er livet i Sandholm?

Livet i Sandholm er forfærdeligt, men jeg er nødt til at holde det ud, jeg kan ikke tage tilbage til mit eget land

Hvor mange penge bruger du om ugen?

Jeg bruger ingen penge, for jeg modtager ikke nogen penge fra Røde Kors.

Han fortalte også at han plejede at være ryger, men er stoppet fordi han ikke havde mulighed for at købe cigaretter.

Hvordan kan du holde det ud?

Jeg er som en fange der kun spiser og kommer tilbage til mit rum, Livet er et helvede for mig.

Restauranten i Sandholm Der er en restaurant i Sandholm, for folk der har mad billetter. Man bliver tilbudt tre måltider om dagen, morgenmad, froḱost og aftensmad. Man kan ikke få mad på andre tidspunkter: Morgenmad er fra 7.45 til 9.15, Frokost er fra 12 til 13.30 og aftensmad er fra 17 til 19. Dette kan være et problem, hvis man ønsker at forlade lejren og er væk i løbet af disse timer. Nogen folk kan ikke lide maden, men de har ikke et valg,fordi de ikke har penge til at købe mad et andet sted.

Sandholms adresse er: Sandholmsgaardsvej 40, 3460 Birkerød

Militærbase Der er en militær base lige ved siden af sandholm, Det giveren masse støj når der er øvelser, nogen gange sent om aftenen. Skyderierne gør børnene bange, da det minder dem om skyderierne i Irak.

Life in Sandholm, a refugee camp in Denmark

Like most country in Europe Denmark has many refugee camps.Sandholm is one of the biggest. Around 600 refugees live in Sandholm. It also has a jail.

The Danish Red Cross organizes everything in Sandholm. When refugees come illegally to Denmark the police bring them to Sandholm and hand them over to the Red Cross.The Red Cross places them in a room for four persons. They receive some simple bedding and a food ticket for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The Red Cross has a system to follow: Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 Everyone in Sandholm is informed about it.

The system of the Red Cross

Phase 1: at this point people are new; the police investigate their finger prints. You can only have your food ticket and 100 kr for two weeks. After about three months, you get moved to Phase 2.

Phase 2: Now you have to be interviewed by the Immigration Service then you have to wait for answer form them which can be positive and negative. You may be offered courses languages, and you may receive money for food, but you will not get food ticket. If you go to the courses the Red Cross gives you 1000 kr every two weeks, but if you don’t then you only get 700 kr. This allowance has to cover food, clothing, and all other personal needs. After some months you get an answer form the Immigration service. If it’s positive then a new life starts for you. But if it’s negative, then Sandholm becomes your home for a longtime.

Phase 3: If your case has been accepted, then there is no phase 3, Else phase 3 means that you are offered English language courses, but none for Danish language. You don’t receive any cash. Instead you get a food ticket and tooth brash, shampoo, shaver, every two weeks. There is a shop at the camp where you can get new clothes every six months, but only very few.

Also in this phase you have to have meeting with the police twice in a week,

Interview with someone

Mariwan of 28 years old has been Denmark for three years.

How is life in Sandholm?

Life in Sandholm is very horrible but I have to go on with it, because I can’t return to my country.

How much money do you spend in a week?

I don’t spend any money, because I don’t get any money from The Danish Red Cross.

He also said I was a smoke person but I am not any longer because I couldn’t buy cigar.

How can you go on with it?

Like a prisoner only eating and coming back to my room. Life means hell for me.

He also said the most horrible things for me is when I have meeting with the police twice a week.

Why should you register at the police twice a week?

Because the police will can catch me easy whenever they want and deports me to Iraq.

Are you afraid when you go to the police?

Yes I am really afraid but I have to go there twice a week. If I don’t the police arrest me.

The restaurant in Sandholm

There is a restaurant in Sandholm for people who have food ticket. You are offered three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Here you can’t get any food over those times. Breakfast is from 7:45 to 9:15, lunch is from 12:00 to 13:30, and dinner from 17:00 to 19:00. This can be a problem if you wish to leave the camp and you’re away during these meal times. And some times people don’t like the food, but they don’t have any choice, because they don’t have any money to but food anywhere else.

The Address of Sandholm: Sandholmgardsvej 40, 3460 Birkerød

Military camp There is a military camp next to Sandholm, It makes a lot of noise when there are exercises some times later at night, and they scared children by their shooting reminding them of the shooting in Iraq.