Refugees.tv Gives First-person View of Camp Life in Idomeni

The Refugees.tv crew in action. Presenter and interviewer Mahmoud Abdulrahim has a background in acting (J. Owens/VOA).

Abou Mohammad waits for the rest of the crew (J. Owens/VOA).

The wooden camera has had various customizations, including the addition of the Refugees.tv slogan (J. Owens/VOA).

Questions are posed not just to fellow refugees, but also to NGO workers, volunteers and journalists at the camp (J. Owens/VOA).

As well as the wooden camera, a specially carved tripod is a more recent addition to the Refugee.tv’s gear (J. Owens/VOA).

The crew roam the camp, which is home to 12,000 people, asking refugees about their plight (J. Owens/VOA).

A teargas canister fired just weeks earlier by Macedonian authorities to repel refugees now acts as a microphone (J. Owens/VOA).

Some members of the Refugees.tv crew – Abou Mohammad, front, Bassil Yatakan, back left, Machmoud Abdulrahim, back right (J. Owens/VOA).

Bassil Yatakan is the crew’s cameraman (J. Owens/VOA).

The gear used by Refugees.tv is made up of bits and pieces found lying around Idomeni (J. Owens/VOA).