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In this Medium series, Lucy Carrigan and Kathleen Prior from the ̽����ѡ document the plight of refugees trapped by border closings along the Balkan route.

Fifteen-year-old Samir became separated from his family after his home in Aleppo was attacked. He tells the ̽����ѡ about his journey to Jordan and his hope to be reunited with his parents.

Every person arriving has their own story of why they've come to Europe. This is one of those stories – Audrey’s story.

Meet Firas, a Syrian refugee determined to make a difference

Alima fled her home of seven decades just two days before ISIS swept through her village near Mosul in 2014. She left with just her identity papers. Alima went home recently, hoping to find some belongings or mementos. Instead, she found armed men occupying her house. “It is hard to live 70 years in a place and then someone says ‘this place does not belong to you anymore.’”

For Grace Awate, happiness means not hearing gun shots anymore.

After fleeing ISIS in Iraq, a young woman starts over in Syria – with her infant son