Sami in Vienna

We met Sami queuing for his monthly allowance outside the Ferry Dusika Stadium in Vienna, wearing just shorts and flip-flops in the freezing cold because he'd rushed out when his name was called.

Sami is from Logar Province in Afghanistan, where he worked as a translator for an American NGO working to reduce violence against women. He left when it became unsafe for him, travelling through Iran and Turkey.

"I was arrested after I arrived by boat on Chios for entering the country illegally, and spent 11 months in a Greek jail" he told me. "I was only released after Alexis Tsipras became Prime Minister and changed this law."

He's been in Austria for three months waiting for his asylum claim to be processed. He wanted to go to the UK because he speaks perfect English and all of his extended family are there, but was warned by friends that the British don't accept any refugees, so chose a country where he'd have a better chance of being accepted.

His application is made harder because he destroyed his Afghan passport in Turkey after being told that he'd be immediately deported if he was found in Greece with it. Misinformation like this is a major problem for the refugees.