The Patra refugee camp has been closed down. Until a few days ago it was one of the main centres for thousands of Afghan refugees who had escaped from war, poverty and had come to Europe. For the most part it was occupied by young people (around 2,000) from the ages of 9 to 17. Given that in Greece the Geneva Convention (which guarantees the rights of protection and welcome for those seeking political asylum) is not respected, the Patras camp was the only ‘tolerated’ site where migrants, constantly checked and harassed by the police, could stay and make plans to move on, illegally, hidden away on container ships destined for Italian ports. Now the camp no longer exists, after the forced closure decreed by the Greek authorities, carried out in order to hide their presence and forget about their existence. There is great fear for the destiny of these people.. The huts have been razed to the ground but no alternative site has been set up. Some of the refugees have been arrested, others have escaped in search of a more secure place to stay. Now they have no choice but to sleep on the streets. They risk ending up in the hands of unscrupulous people traffickers. This photographic reportage is the latest portrayal of what the camp was and tells the stories of Raza, Rohan, Josh, and others like them who arrived at Patras after a long and tortuous journey over land and sea, leaving their families behind, but also the atrocities of the Taleban regime, motivated by the hope of finding a better life in ‘civilised’ Europe. Now, however, they have become simply the ‘forgotten’