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Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece–for Joined Hands

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  • Hanan, 33, from Idlib, Syria, holding her son, Ahmed, 25 days, the youngest refugee in the camp. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Najah, 4, a Kurdish Syrian refugee from Aleppo, plays on a table her Grandpa Jameel made, which sits outside of her family’s tent in Ritsona Refugee Camp, an hour north of Athens, Greece. July 2016.<br />
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extended family have been stranded in Greece since they arrived in March 2016, after the Balkan borders were closed to all refugees. Referring to their extended family, Grandpa Jameel said, “We are happy to go anywhere, as long as we can stay together.”
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  • One of the youngest residents of Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Muhamed, 3, with his sister, Fatimah, 13, from Aleppo, Syria. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Fatimah, 13, from Aleppo, Syria. She and her family have been stranded in Greece since the Balkan borders were closed to refugees in March 2016. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • The interior of an abandoned structure used for refugee shelter. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Lots of refugee babies live in the camp. Children are half of the over 4 million Syrian refugees. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Yahya, 11, and his family are refugees from Idlib, Syria. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Yahya, 11, a refugee from Idlib, Syria, holds his baby brother, Ahmed, 25 days, who was born in the camp. Their mother, Hanan, 33, is in the background. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece. July 2016.
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  • Afadee and her grandson, Deyar, 1, are Syrian Kurdish refugees from Aleppo, Syria.  They and their extended family have been living in Ritsona for four months. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Adnan, 44, a Kurdish Iraqi refugee performing with his Kurdish Syrian friend, Duju. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • A 28-year-old mother of four in her makeshift home. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Two Afghan children nap in a shady spot during the mid-day summer heat in Oinofyta refugee camp, Greece, July, 2016.
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  • A young refugee from Aleppo, Syria holds her Eid Al Fitr balloon and gift bag distributed by an INGO in Ritsona refugee camp, an hour north of Athens, Greece. July 2016.<br />
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The Balkan borders were closed to refugees in March 2016. According to the IRC, as of April 2017 62,000 refugees are stranded in Greece, waiting to be relocated to a welcoming country.
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  • Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Jameel sits with his grandson, Deyar, 1, on his lap, a neighbor to the right and his grandson and namsake, Jameel, in the foreground. They are Syrian Kurdish refugees from Aleppo. Jameel and his extended family have been in Ritsona for four months. With dwindling hope Jameel said, "We will go anywhere as long as we can stay together." Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Brothers. Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece, July 2016.
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  • Salaah, 7, from Hasakah, Syria, has spent the last four months living in a Ritsona Refugee Camp with his parents and four siblings; his mother will give birth any day. Greece, July 2016.
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