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An Afghan refugee waits for a registration number in Lageso, a social services office in Berlin. Hundreds of people are forced to wait outdoors for days and weeks at a time just to initiate their registration process with German authorities, a first step in an overburdened and inefficient bureaucracy. Berlin, Germany. October 13, 2015.
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Reza, 18, from Ahvaz, Iran camps with his family of 10 in a basketball court near the beach in Bodrum, Turkey. They were conned out of the $8,000 dollars they had saved for their journey so they waited and clung to the last glimmer of hope that they would be able to travel. Bodrum, Turkey. September 26, 2015.
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An exhausted refugee sleeps at Esenler, one of Istanbul's bus terminals, where hundreds of refugees were holding a sit-in. They demanded to be allowed to take buses to Turkey's land border with Greece close to Edirne, but were ultimately turned back and evicted from the terminal by Turkish law enforcement. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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Members of a Syrian family of 6 from Homs participate in a sit-in at Istanbul's bus terminal. According to their father, their house was destroyed in 2012, forcing them to seek refuge in a camp in Turkey where they lived in a tent for three years. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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A child's stuffed doll on a Turkish beach. UNICEF estimates that the Syrian conflict alone has caused upwards of two million children refugees. Çesme, Turkey, Septmeber 24, 2015.
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A Syrian girl sleeps at Istanbul's bus terminal, where a group of refugees pleaded unsuccesfully to Turkish authorities for permission to travel by land to the Greek border. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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Omar Jomaa, 19, from Damascus made final arrangements to be smuggled to Greece with the hope of reaching Germany. "Life is a nightmare for Syrians since the war began," said Omar, "we cannot go back; our lives were destroyed in a blink." Omar is now waiting for a decision on his application for asylum in Berlin, Germany. Istanbul, Turkey. September 14, 2015.
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Exhausted young men take a nap at Istanbul's main bus terminal where more than 500 people camped out for several days. Many had nearly reached Turkey's land border with Greece before Turkish law enforcement turned them back to Istanbul. They organized a demonstration through a Facebook group called "Crossing No More," demanding a safer route to Greece. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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A shirt a refugee left behind on a beach on the Bodrum peninsula in Turkey. Bodrum, Turkey. September 26, 2015.
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"I will only remember the destroyed buildings that I saw before I left Homs," says Ghanem el-Hamwy. "I didn't lose any family members, except my dad, who died in Jordan because he was sick. But all my friends don't exist anymore." Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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A Syrian refugee shows multiple Turkish entry stamps in his passport. He was part of a group that tried unsuccesfully to take a safer land route to the Greek border from Istanbul's bus terminal. Istanbul, September 16, 2015.
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Lamin Bialo, 23, from Gambia, waits for his first interview with Swiss immigration authorities in Vallorbe, one of five federal centers for asylum seakers in the country. "Switzerland is the country I prefer most in the world," says Bialo. Vallorbe, Switzerland. October 23, 2015.
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Firas Alshater, 24, from Homs Syria was granted asylum in Germany two years ago and has since been studying filmmaking in Berlin. An anti-Assad activist, Alshater spent 9 months incarcerated in Damascus before deciding to seek a new life in Europe. Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2015.
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Syrian refugees wait outside of Istanbul's bus terminal for Turkish authorities to allow them to board buses to the Turkey's land border with Greece. Aiming to avoid the known dangers of crossing the Aegean Sea, a group of some 500 refugees was eventually evicted from the bus station a few days later. Istanbul, Turkey. September 15, 2015.
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Moroccan migrants sleep in a precarious shelter they pitched on a square in Izmir, trying to reach Europe through Turkey after several failed attempts to cross the Strait of Gibraltar. Izmir, Turkey, September 19, 2015.
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Afghan, Pakistani, and Syrian refugees line up for a warm cup of coffee handed out by volunteers, outside the registration center for refugees in Berlin. In late October, recognizing the inefficiencies of the system and the incoming winter temperatures, German authorities opened a second registration center in the capital. Berlin, Germany. October 13, 2015.
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An Afghan refugee waits for a registration number in Lageso, a social services office in Berlin. Hundreds of people are forced to wait outdoors for days and weeks at a time just to initiate their registration process with German authorities, a first step in an overburdened and inefficient bureaucracy. Berlin, Germany. October 13, 2015.
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Reza, 18, from Ahvaz, Iran camps with his family of 10 in a basketball court near the beach in Bodrum, Turkey. They were conned out of the $8,000 dollars they had saved for their journey so they waited and clung to the last glimmer of hope that they would be able to travel. Bodrum, Turkey. September 26, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
An exhausted refugee sleeps at Esenler, one of Istanbul's bus terminals, where hundreds of refugees were holding a sit-in. They demanded to be allowed to take buses to Turkey's land border with Greece close to Edirne, but were ultimately turned back and evicted from the terminal by Turkish law enforcement. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Members of a Syrian family of 6 from Homs participate in a sit-in at Istanbul's bus terminal. According to their father, their house was destroyed in 2012, forcing them to seek refuge in a camp in Turkey where they lived in a tent for three years. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
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A child's stuffed doll on a Turkish beach. UNICEF estimates that the Syrian conflict alone has caused upwards of two million children refugees. Çesme, Turkey, Septmeber 24, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
A Syrian girl sleeps at Istanbul's bus terminal, where a group of refugees pleaded unsuccesfully to Turkish authorities for permission to travel by land to the Greek border. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Omar Jomaa, 19, from Damascus made final arrangements to be smuggled to Greece with the hope of reaching Germany. "Life is a nightmare for Syrians since the war began," said Omar, "we cannot go back; our lives were destroyed in a blink." Omar is now waiting for a decision on his application for asylum in Berlin, Germany. Istanbul, Turkey. September 14, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Exhausted young men take a nap at Istanbul's main bus terminal where more than 500 people camped out for several days. Many had nearly reached Turkey's land border with Greece before Turkish law enforcement turned them back to Istanbul. They organized a demonstration through a Facebook group called "Crossing No More," demanding a safer route to Greece. Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
A shirt a refugee left behind on a beach on the Bodrum peninsula in Turkey. Bodrum, Turkey. September 26, 2015.
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"I will only remember the destroyed buildings that I saw before I left Homs," says Ghanem el-Hamwy. "I didn't lose any family members, except my dad, who died in Jordan because he was sick. But all my friends don't exist anymore." Istanbul, Turkey. September 16, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
A Syrian refugee shows multiple Turkish entry stamps in his passport. He was part of a group that tried unsuccesfully to take a safer land route to the Greek border from Istanbul's bus terminal. Istanbul, September 16, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Lamin Bialo, 23, from Gambia, waits for his first interview with Swiss immigration authorities in Vallorbe, one of five federal centers for asylum seakers in the country. "Switzerland is the country I prefer most in the world," says Bialo. Vallorbe, Switzerland. October 23, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Firas Alshater, 24, from Homs Syria was granted asylum in Germany two years ago and has since been studying filmmaking in Berlin. An anti-Assad activist, Alshater spent 9 months incarcerated in Damascus before deciding to seek a new life in Europe. Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Syrian refugees wait outside of Istanbul's bus terminal for Turkish authorities to allow them to board buses to the Turkey's land border with Greece. Aiming to avoid the known dangers of crossing the Aegean Sea, a group of some 500 refugees was eventually evicted from the bus station a few days later. Istanbul, Turkey. September 15, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Moroccan migrants sleep in a precarious shelter they pitched on a square in Izmir, trying to reach Europe through Turkey after several failed attempts to cross the Strait of Gibraltar. Izmir, Turkey, September 19, 2015.
http://theuprooting.eu
Afghan, Pakistani, and Syrian refugees line up for a warm cup of coffee handed out by volunteers, outside the registration center for refugees in Berlin. In late October, recognizing the inefficiencies of the system and the incoming winter temperatures, German authorities opened a second registration center in the capital. Berlin, Germany. October 13, 2015.