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More than half a million people fleeing conflict and chaos in countries like Syria have arrived in Europe this year with the Greek island of Lesbos as the main entry point. Photo: Tara Todras-Whitehill/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

A Syrian mother and her two children sleep on a ferry from Lesbos to mainland Greece. Photo: Jacobia Dahm/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Thousands of refugees including women and children have been caught in limbo in Greece, as a result of border closures in Europe. Photo: Jodi Hilton/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Laila Kalou and with her four of her children. The family lost all of their money on the journey to Greece, but received support from the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and local volunteers. Photo: Tyler Jump/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Syrian refugees in the Kara Tepe camp outside the capital of Mytilene on Lesbos wash their clothes at an ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ installed water point. Photo: Tyler Jump/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Twelve-year-old Zeynab Omer stands in a heavy downpour, her feet buried inn mud. She and her family had been living in a flimsy tent in Idomeni, a village in northern Greece. Photo: Jodi Hilton/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Majdy, 15, who fled Afghanistan, sits wrapped in an emergency blanket on Skala beach after his boat landed on the Greek island of Lesbos during the night. Photo: Tara Todras-Whitehill/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

With the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, actor and activist Mandy Patinkin witnessed first-hand the refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Photo: Tyler Jump/̽»¨¾«Ñ¡