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An Iranian doctor caught up in Europe’s migration crisis has told the Perthshire Advertiser he’d like to come and be a GP in Perthshire - but red tape means it is near impossible for him to get out of a Greek refugee camp.
Dr Mohammadjavad Alikahi(28) previously worked in Iran as a GP with his own drug addiction clinic.
But he upset the Iranian Government and said he was jailed and cruelly tortured before fleeing for Europe.
The convert to Christianity wants to come to Perth - where he has friends - and put his skills and training to use amid a shortage of local doctors.
Instead he is struggling alongside 1600 others in the Malakasa migrant camp in wooded hills near Athens - where he has been since June 2020 - where he endures queues for food and punishing daily conditions.
Mohammadjavad sleeps in a metal container. This week 40cm of snow fell and he and the others sharing the shelter tried to keep warm with just blankets and no power.
He’s alone on the edge of Europe without a cash card, parted from his documents, unable to legally work and unnoticed by humanitarian organisations.
Speaking from the camp, he told the PA: “I am trying to get to Scotland.
“My friends tell me Perth is a quiet place and I know I could be of help to people there, using my knowledge and experience, especially at this time of COVID-19.
“I’m trying to find a safe place to continue my life. I want to study again, to further my understanding of neurology.
“It makes me sad to see people who need help here in Greece when I’m not in a position to give it.
“I have tried to connect with the right organisations but no one hears me.”
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