Afghanistan

I know I have to start and build a new life from the beginning.

I am responsible for the welfare of my children.

​Ualda comes from a world where it is dangerous for a woman to be educated or outspoken.

We hope for peace, friendship, good behavior and good treatment. And my wish is peace.

If peace returns to Afghanistan one day, we will definitely go back. I had a peaceful and good life there. I had a house and a job.

I am from Afghanistan and I am 18 years old. I want to tell my story of my journey to Europe.

We had an 8-year-old daughter, which the Taliban came and kidnapped from in front of our house.

My name is Baraat and I am here in this camp with my wife and three kids. We left our country seeking a better place, and not as the helpless refugees we are now.

James has survived two bombings, a stabbing, the murder of his small son and gunmen opening fire at his front door. He and his wife and two surviving children hope to find peace and security in Europe. They have been in camps in Greece since April, 2016.

I don't want to ever go back to the sea.

Ahmed was shot twice by police as he crossed borders with his children.

"I got attacked two times. The first attack was normal. A rocket just came and went in one window and came out another. Then I was leaving one province and going to another province, I got attacked there by an RPG."

Ghazal wishes she could go to school, but now spends her time staying fit and sharing the one bicycle with the other kids in her camp.

Omed was beat up and picked on because he is from a tribe discriminated against by terrorists, and because his sister works and his mother was a teacher.

Rasheeda kneeled despite physical pain caused by her exodus from Afghanistan.

Not concerned with what is the latest in popularity or any rite of passage, Firuzeh simply searched for shoes that fit.

Jalil was 23 years old he drowned last month in Greece

Azim's father was killed by terrorists and his sisters were poisoned at school because they were girls.

"Our three year old boy got stuck on the other side of the border. He was gone for two days before we could pay a smuggler to get him back to us."

Sultan and Suleiman braved the 4,000 mile journey from Afghanistan to Germany.