Amir

from Vestur í bláinn by Julius Pollux

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lyrics

Amir is a refugee from Afghanistan. Five years ago, he made his way to Europe alone as a teenager, going through precarious and life-threatening situations on his trip.
After his application for asylum was rejected in Norway, he came to Iceland where he waited one year, only for his application to be rejected again. The Icelandic authorities unlawfully tried to deport Amir after he had already passed the one year quota, and would have been legally eligible for a substantial review of his case.
With help from the No Borders activist group and a lawyer who sued the Directorate of Immigration, his case was finally taken up again. After over two whole years of waiting and hiding in Iceland, he finally was granted asylum.

credits

from Vestur í bláinn, released September 1, 2020
voice:
Amir

additional instruments:
Sóley Stefánsdóttir, vocals
Moses Destiny, vocals
Alison MacNeil, speech (words taken from: Eduardo Galeano, Immigrants a Century Ago, Voices of Time, 2006.)
Tumi Árnason, saxophone
Ægir Sindri Bjarnason, drums
Maja Gravermoen Toresen, violin