The European Refugee Crisis in Pictures ...

By Neecey

Europe is no stranger to refugees. The continent is attractive due to its accessibility (unlike the Americas) and its stability. I personally remember the Vietnamese “Boat People” arriving in Britain in 1978 and 1979 and pictures of the current refugee crisis provoke the same emotions. While refugees from many countries have been steadily streaming into Europe for decades, the current spotlight is on those fleeing war-torn Syria. Whatever your own views or political bias, you can’t fail to be stirred by these photos.
Warning: Some of the images are disturbing.

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The Saddest Sight of All

The Saddest Sight of All

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No More Room

No More Room

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Despair

Despair

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Land at Last

Land at Last

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Overloaded and Sunk

Overloaded and Sunk

Famous Quotes

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.

Peter Elbow
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A Safe Pair of Hands

A Safe Pair of Hands

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Waiting

Waiting

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Not Enough Room for Everyone

Not Enough Room for Everyone

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Toddlers without a Home

Toddlers without a Home

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A Face of Despair

A Face of Despair

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Breaking through

Breaking through

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Together Still

Together Still

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UN Shelters

UN Shelters

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From Freedom to Internment

From Freedom to Internment

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Somewhere to Sleep

Somewhere to Sleep

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Death on the Beach

Death on the Beach

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Zaatari Camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Zaatari Camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

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Life in Camp after the Rain

Life in Camp after the Rain

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Hunger

Hunger

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The War in Syria

The War in Syria

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There’s No War without Bloodshed (Dar Al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria)

There’s No War without Bloodshed (Dar Al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria)

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Fighting for a Cause

Fighting for a Cause

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In Training

In Training

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Reasons to Leave Syria

Reasons to Leave Syria

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Hope

Hope There is no creature on Earth crueller to its own kind than man. We can but hope and pray for a more peaceful future for us all.

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Where Thoughts and Opinions Converge

May god be with them , thanks for this fantastic post that made me feel so thankful now. How i wish our country can accept them .. 😔

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom. If only more countries opened their arms and accept these innocent people...

Neecey this is the BEST post. Thank you for reminding us that there's people suffering from things other than bad hair color or a few extra kilos. I like the titles u chose for each picture. The first one will always be heartbreaking

The first one breaks my heart every time

Praying for the Syrians to are risking their own lives to survive. May god be with them 🙏

Loved this post!

Trust me Europe can't accept and help them all when we're already hardly making money, just enough to make a living. We might be considered as criminals but we can't welcome an entire country in such a little continent.

ALL countries need to band together and deal with the countries that these people are fleeing from. Also, there should be a type of foster family program for displaced children and families. Even hosting one person is giving hope and a future for that person. We should all be in this together fore this together. No matter what your faith may or not be, we are all brothers and sisters and unfortunately, instead of caring for one another, we hurt one another.

@immaunicorn Its no question of possibility. Europe HAS to. (Though I think it is surely possible) I of course don't know your situation or which country your from. I know the situation now I Greece for example is impossible but that's only because Central Europe doesn't do enough. Though we live in Europe ourself, it doesn't give us more right to the space of the earth more than others. There's no such thing.

Such sorry state of affairs kids suffering that's the worst

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