Between the cracks
Even for those who manage to make it to a destination country with a good economy, their odyssey is not over.
Even for those who manage to make it to a destination country with a good economy, their odyssey is not over.
Powerful images of migrants drowned at sea, crossing over razor-wire fences or arriving on shore after a shipwreck have propelled the current migration phenomenon to the forefront of public consciousness in Europe in the past year.
Sent back to Guatemala after being caught by police in Mexico, Guatemalan migrants arrive at the border with little more than the clothes they are wearing.
Along the Mediterranean coast near the border of Italy and France, people fleeing conflict, persecution and poverty live in limbo.
The Gulf of Aden has long been one of the world’s deadliest places for migrants. Now the conflict in Yemen has reversed traditional migration patterns and created new humanitarian challenges.
Stories among the many tragedies that have befallen people hoping to reach safe shores in Europe in 2015.
People fleeing conflict, persecution, poverty or natural disaster deserve to be treated with humanity.