Flüchtlinge wie Shabbir mussten bis zu ihrem ersten Treffen mit einem Behördenvertreter, der ihren Asylantrag entgegennahm, mindestens neun Monate warten.
Refugees like Shabbir faced a minimum of nine months before their first encounter with any official who would receive their asylum application. Within the camp, a small makeshift office, surrounded by more barbed wire and hundreds of despairing refugees, would admit one or two per hour for their first interview.