Photo essay of the year: Syrians in transit

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Jacobia Dahm, a photographer, recently traveled with refugees as they made their way form the Middle East through Europe. You can see her amazing photos and stories on Instagram.

Here are a couple of favorites:

Screenshot 2015-10-18 22.05.15She writes:

At the foot of the lighthouse of Tsonia on the northern coast of Lesbos the life jackets pile high. The coast is steep and muddy, it’s far from an ideal place to land, but the light at night guides refugees in boats in this otherwise sparsely populated stretch of Lesbos. Three local men sit by the lighthouse day and night, smoking cigarettes, and watching for boats — in order to lend a helping hand when they arrive.

Screenshot 2015-10-18 22.05.29She writes:

Adnan, 50, is from Kobani in Syria and on his way to Helsinki with his family of 5 children and his niece who wants to become a doctor. Here his youngest, Murat, 5, snuggles up to him. Adnan has a friend in Helsinki and you go where you have friends. Even if that means getting a very big winter coat when you arrive.

Jacobia’s webpage, where she also has a powerful photo essay on families traveling on prison buses in upstate New York.

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