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From left to right are Setaesh, 4, Ali, 24, Sadjad, 2, and Farashta, 23, a refugee family from Kondos, Afghanistan. They are having a welcome rest in a warm temporary shelter near the Presevo train station, before they continue on to the Croatian border, on their way to Germany. After being threatened by the Taliban the family fled. Over the last month and a half they have walked through the snow-packed mountains of Afghanistan, taken a circuitous route through Pakistan to avoid border control, and taken the harrowing raft ride from Turkey to Greece. Â Farashta, knowing the dangers of crossing the Mediterranean, said, "I was so scared for my children."
From left to right are Setaesh, 4, Ali, 24, Sadjad, 2,...
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From left to right are Setaesh, 4, Ali, 24, Sadjad, 2, and Farashta, 23, a refugee family from Kondos, Afghanistan. They are having a welcome rest in a warm temporary shelter near the Presevo train station, before they continue on to the Croatian border, on their way to Germany. After being threatened by the Taliban the family fled. Over the last month and a half they have walked through the snow-packed mountains of Afghanistan, taken a circuitous route through Pakistan to avoid border control, and taken the harrowing raft ride from Turkey to Greece. Â Farashta, knowing the dangers of crossing the Mediterranean, said, "I was so scared for my children."