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Afghan migrant woman 'hunted down to Europe by abusive husband' Afghan migrant woman 'hunted down to Europe by abusive husband'
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Lina Hussain says her only crime was "being born a woman in Afghanistan". Lina's only crime was "being born a woman in Afghanistan", she says.
Forced into marrying a man 25 years her senior after he had allegedly raped her, this 23-year-old Tajik woman from Kabul is now in a Greek camp for migrants.Forced into marrying a man 25 years her senior after he had allegedly raped her, this 23-year-old Tajik woman from Kabul is now in a Greek camp for migrants.
But Ms Hussain and Spanish NGO volunteers have told the BBC that the abusive husband she ran away from is following hot on her heels, threatening to kill her for disobeying him. But Lina, whose surname we have withheld, told the BBC that the abusive husband she ran away from is now following her, threatening to kill her for disobeying him.
Ms Hussain's husband is one step behind her and her two small children, having reached the Greek island of Lesbos shortly after she was transported to mainland Greece. Her story was corroborated by volunteers for a Spanish refugee charity.
"I was raped by this man when I was 16. He has tortured me, abused me and left me without food for days," Ms Hussain says by telephone from inside one of the camp's hundreds of white caravan-style blocks which she shares with her three-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and her mother, who also decided to flee Afghanistan. Lina's husband is one step behind her and her two small children, having reached the Greek island of Lesbos shortly after she was transported to mainland Greece.
The family group left Kabul earlier this year, travelling through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey before making the perilous sea crossing to Lesbos. "I was raped by this man when I was 16. He has tortured me, abused me and left me without food for days," Lina says by telephone from inside one of the camp's hundreds of white caravan-style blocks, which she shares with her three-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and her mother, who also decided to flee Afghanistan.
"Now he has found me. He followed me all the way through Turkey and now he is on Lesbos waiting patiently to reach the mainland and fulfil his promise to kill me. He missed me on the island, otherwise he would have killed me there. The family group left Kabul earlier this year, travelling through Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey before making the perilous sea crossing to Lesbos.
"Now he has found me," Lina says.
"He followed me all the way through Turkey and now he is on Lesbos waiting patiently to reach the mainland and fulfil his promise to kill me. He missed me on the island, otherwise he would have killed me there.
"He knows where I am, which camp I am in.""He knows where I am, which camp I am in."
Iris Sequera, a volunteer at the camp from Barcelona, brought Ms Hussain's plight to the attention of a Spanish group which works to have refugees accepted by Spain's authorities. Iris Sequera, a volunteer at the camp from Barcelona, brought Lina's plight to the attention of a Spanish group which works to have refugees accepted by Spain's authorities.
Refugees Welcome in Spain has included Ms Hussain in a list of 22 especially vulnerable cases, but they are still waiting for a decision by the Spanish government. Refugees Welcome in Spain has included her in a list of 22 especially vulnerable cases, but they are still waiting for a decision by the Spanish government.
Meanwhile, Ms Sequera says that Ms Hussain's husband has issued threats to the family through Facebook. Meanwhile, Ms Sequera says that Lina's husband has issued threats to the family through Facebook.
"One day someone I didn't know added me as a friend on Facebook and wrote something in Arabic-looking letters. He said he was Lina's husband and asked about her, but I said I knew nothing about it and blocked him," explains Ms Sequera. "One day someone I didn't know added me as a friend on Facebook and wrote something in Arabic-looking letters. He said he was Lina's husband and asked about her, but I said I knew nothing about it and blocked him," says Ms Sequera.
The young volunteer says that Ms Hussain's husband wrote again with a false name saying he knew where his wife and children were because he had applied for family reunification on Lesbos and the Red Cross had given him the information. The young volunteer says that Lina's husband wrote again with a false name saying he knew where his wife and children were because he had applied for family reunification on Lesbos and a charity had given him the information.
"He said he knew the exact caravan she is in. He also threatened me and said I was a traitor." "He said he knew the exact caravan she is in," Ms Sequera says. "He also threatened me and said I was a traitor."
Refugees Welcome in Spain says that Ms Hussain has been given permission to lock her shelter, something that is generally not allowed on her camp. Refugees Welcome in Spain says that Lina has been given permission to lock her shelter, something that is generally not allowed on her camp.
But Ms Sequera fears for Ms Hussain's life if she is not transferred out of Greece soon. But Ms Sequera fears for Lina's life if she is not transferred out of Greece soon.
Madrid's left-wing city council has told the Spanish government that it is happy to take in Ms Hussain and has accommodation lined up for her arrival. But it is Spain's interior ministry which decides on immigration and asylum cases. Madrid's left-wing city council has told the Spanish government that it is happy to take in Lina and has accommodation lined up for her arrival. But it is Spain's interior ministry which decides on immigration and asylum cases.
Up to the end of October, Spain had resettled 867 asylum seekers after committing to accept more than 17,000 under European Union agreements. Spain had resettled 867 asylum seekers up to the end of October, after committing to accept more than 17,000 under European Union agreements.
The government's policy is not to discuss individual asylum cases.The government's policy is not to discuss individual asylum cases.
"I beg the Spanish people to accept my family. I want a quiet life without violence and my husband. Escaping from him is my salvation," says Ms Hussain. Meanwhile, Lina is stuck in limbo.
"Please help me escape from this hell and have another opportunity in this life. Before I was a young girl with ambition and dreams of being able to study and be independent. But in Afghanistan those rights were denied to me." "Please help me escape from this hell and have another opportunity in this life. Before I was a young girl with ambition and dreams of being able to study and be independent, but in Afghanistan those rights were denied to me," she says.
"I beg the Spanish people to accept my family. I want a quiet life without violence and my husband. Escaping from him is my salvation."