Actress Susan Sarandon spend the holidays rescuing refugees at sea in Greece

The American actress Susan Sarandon switched off the year-end festivities and family for a week in Lesbos, Greek island which is 10 km from Turkey and receive hundreds of refugees every day. The idea, she said, was "to humanize the issue and show that they are all real people, and not to politicize the issue."

The trip was documented in text and video the American website Huffington Post and Ryot organization. "They are no different from anyone," she told the daily. "They want their children to be safe, clean and have education. That's all they want."

                                         

Susan attended not only reception for survivors in the island's beaches, but also of rescue at sea and support in refugee camps. "Babies are passed into the arms of volunteers, shoes and wet socks are taken and blankets are distributed. They have tears of relief. These boats arrived safely. With inexperienced captains, chosen at random at the helm, this is not always the case "says Susan in one of the texts.

In the fields that welcome refugees, Susan says that talked to many of them around the fires at night, where everyone is warmed, and at any given time the group was surprised and thrilled with his granddaughter, who was in the US.

"Through an interpreter, talk to some mothers when, miraculously and unexpectedly, my cell phone rang. My daughter, Eva, who is in Los Angeles, puts my granddaughter 16 months, Marlowe, to talk to me in FaceTime [Application iPhone video]. Since I arrived in Lesbos, I had not been able to talk to them. At home, we talk every day. I show the women that stood by my side faces of the two and explain who they are, and the most amazing thing happens . Marlowe sees a child in the arms of one of the women next to me. 'Baby', she says and points. The Afghan child looks and waves back and, for a moment, life is simple and sweet. Two babies. two mothers. Distant Worlds. Sharing a moment. Madness. Beautiful, "he said.

Susan says that saw people in wheelchairs in boats and children who were traveling with inflatable toys. "They need to make the crossing." In a round of questions promoted by the Huffington Post on Facebook with the actress, she says that in one day came to see 4,000 people arriving on the island. At another point, she tells of the time when he met a 16 year old who made the crossing with her baby 5 days of life.

Asked if she would prefer to risk the crossing at sea or live in an area of ​​conflict as they lived those seeking middlemen and pay fortunes to flee, Susan is quick to respond: "Yes, I would venture."