Entrance to the detention camp for foreigners in Bělá-Jezová, Czech Republic. Photo used with permission of author."Leave everything valuable in your car or in a locker. They will try to steal it all," says a middle-aged woman who introduces herself as the one responsible for the wellbeing of the refugees stranded in a detention facility approximately 70 kilometres north of Prague.
Even though the introduction to the camp was rather scary, we continue inside the main building. Our group of "charity workers" - as we introduced ourselves - consists of four completely different characters. Apart from me, there is our group leader, evangelic priest Alexander. The second man in our group is Marek, a pro-footballer, with his wife Petra. The last member of our group is a woman called Cory, a Vietnamese born missionary currently based in Czech Republic.
Accompanied by the lady in charge of the camp, we dive into a complex of old shabby buildings and barbed wire and exchange nervous looks. Except for Alexander, who is here for the second time, none of us knows what to expect. At the first checkpoint, as we enter the main building, we see a flyer. It says that all employees are cordially invited to the "clink party". From now on, we have no doubts about how locals call it here.
