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In 2015, Brandon Stanton, the photographer of "Humans of New York" traveled to Jordan and Turkey to interview Syrian refugee families. See and read some of them here.
"We Had to Leave," A Refugee Story from Greece
Part of the Forced from Home exhibit, this the story of "one refugee at Moira refugee camp explaining why he and his family left war-torn Afghanistan, boarded a dangerously overcrowded boat, and set off into rough winter waters. (1:40 minutes)
Here's What the US Refugee Screening Process Looks Like
A video from the Dept. of Homeland Security about the screening process that refugees coming into the United States go through. You can also see this screening process as an infographic.