CONFESSION OF A GASTARBEITER that has the Balkans talking: This is what life really looks like "across the border"

One gastarbeiter, born in Sarajevo, decided to uncover in his confession what life is like away from the country where you were born. A large number of people were of the opinion that in the diaspora it is much easier and that they have to help relatives in their homeland, because it does not constitute an expenditure. However, all is not as it seems.

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- I bought a used BMW and kept it in the garage until last summer and visited my homeland, because, I go to work in Germany by train and to the marketplace, by bicycle. I bought new wheels and seat covers, so that it's "kicking" and looks as good as new - begins this man's confession.

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- My wife and children bought a bunch of T-shirts, skirts, pants and some other trinkets on sale, and, according to my daughter's persuasion, we threw out the plastic bags, and repackaged everything in some decorative paper and threw out the tags, so they can not see how much we paid for everything. We took our entire year's savings, my wife used some of her credits cards and we came to our fatherland two weeks ago, to rest, and then to come back with empty pockets - he continues.

The Sarajevo native decided to share the plight faced with the majority of people from the diaspora when it comes to their homeland.

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- Every month we send money to Bosnia, because more than half of our relatives are out of work, and the little they work for or pension they receive is not worth mentioning. They look to us as is we are some kinds of wizards and I can not ruin their illusion. Sometimes I tried to tell them how hard I work, but my relatives act deaf, they never listen. They think that across the border, money grows on trees. I do not make anyone feel bad, but I'm a little tired of it all, by the fact that I've become a cash machine from which they draw money - said the Sarajevo native.

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He added that other compatriots, who also work abroad, before going to Bosnia, take out smaller loans so that they can be as their "community" expects them, and to  meet the insatiable appetites of their immediate and extended family. The diaspora from BiH sends around 1.75 billion euros annually, which is 30 percent of the GDP of the country.

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- They love us only when we give them money, but, we are villagers for them. They laugh at us behind our backs. I once heard that when we enter the cafe, they say, "Wow, that's Diaspora, have a look at their equipment!", referring to how we dress. Sometimes they get up and leave, other times they stay and comment loudly on our accent, when we say a foreign word - complains Adnan M., originally from Zvornik, who has decided not to visit for some time after his last bad experience during his "holiday at home".

(Telegraf.co.uk)