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Open Image ModalHalim Rasim, 6, a Syrian refugee boy who fled Idlib with his family, poses with his pet cat at a tent city in the Akcakale district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, on Sept. 24, 2015. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(02 of19)
Open Image ModalA refugee, using a plastic trash bag to protect himself from the rain, walks through the \"New Jungle\" migrant camp in Calais, France, where thousands of migrants live in the hope of crossing the Channel to Britain, on Oct. 21, 2015. (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN/Getty Images)
(03 of19)
Open Image ModalSyrian refugee Nujeen, 16, waits to be carried from the shoreline to the road after landing on the Greek island of Lesbos with her older sister Nisreen. They fled Aleppo with their parents over two years ago and had been living in Turkey before deciding to seek better medical care for Nujeen in Europe. After a rough crossing that left most of the passengers cold and terrified, Nujeen seemed calm and happy. Speaking fluent English, she described the journey: \"I enjoyed it. I have never been on a boat before. It was very beautiful. I didn\'t know if I was going to live or die, but thanks to God we are here.\"
Nujeen\'s resilience captured headlines around the world this year, and earned her a shoutout on HBO\'s \"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.\" It was more than just a mention for Nujeen, however, as Oliver got actors from her favorite American soap opera, \"Days of Our Lives,\" to pay tribute to the teen. Nujeen has since arrived in Germany. (credit:Ivor Prickett/UNHCR)
(04 of19)
Open Image ModalHajar, Amira and Nabiha Darbi pose in their new living room in New Jersey. The Darbi family is one of many Syrian refugee families already living in the U.S. Read more about their story here. (credit:Willa Frej/The Huffington Post)
(05 of19)
Open Image ModalMaaesa Alroustom, center, is kissed by her mother, Suha, as her father, Hussam, back, sits with her brother Wesam in their apartment in Jersey City, New Jersey, Sept. 16, 2015. The Alroustoms are refugees from war-stricken Syria. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of19)
Open Image ModalMahmud, 28, and his bride, Firal, 25, both from the Syrian city of Kobane, show their rings as they arrive with other refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Oct. 8, 2015. (credit:DIMITAR DILKOFF/Getty Images)
(07 of19)
Open Image ModalA elderly Syrian man holds his broken arm, an injury he received during his voyage from Syria, at a refugee reception center on Oct. 23, 2015, in Gevgelija, Macedonia. (credit:Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
(08 of19)
Open Image ModalA Syrian child holds a watermelon, one of several distributed near the Akcakale crossing gate between Turkey and Syria at Akcakale in Sanliurfa Province on June 16, 2015. (credit:BULENT KILIC/Getty Images)
(09 of19)
Open Image ModalA man from the Syrian town of Aleppo poses with his child in front of a mound of life jackets on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on an inflatable boat, Oct. 2, 2015. (credit:Matej Divizna/Getty Images)
(10 of19)
Open Image ModalRefugees who have just arrived by bus queue in the rain at a refugee transit camp on the border between Greece and Macedonia on Oct. 22, 2015, in Idomeni, Greece. (credit:Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
(11 of19)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken Oct. 2, 2015, Syrian refugee Ali Shaheen, 62, and his wife, Abeer, 52, who came from the countryside of Damascus, Syria, pose for a picture shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of19)
Open Image ModalRefugees from Afghanistan and Syria take selfies after arriving in boats on the shores of Lesbos on Nov. 2, 2015, near Molyvos, Greece. (credit:Etienne De Malglaive/Getty Images)
(13 of19)
Open Image ModalIbrahim Ahmad, wearing an inhaler mask, is seen in a Syrian family\'s room in the Reyhanli district of Hatay Province in southern Turkey, Oct. 28, 2015. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(14 of19)
Open Image ModalA Syrian family with 2-month-old triplets, and their relatives with more babies, wait for transportation after disembarking with other migrants and asylum seekers from two government-chartered ferries at the Greek port of Piraeus, about 7 miles from central Athens, on Oct. 21, 2015. (credit:LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/Getty Images)
(15 of19)
Open Image ModalA Syrian family is seen inside their room in the Reyhanli district of Hatay Province in southern Turkey on Oct. 28, 2015. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA refugee from Syria, left, and a Kurdish man from Iraq wait to be registered at the central registration office for refugees in Greven, western Germany, on Sept. 22, 2015. (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRefugees sit inside buses as they are transported to the Brezice refugee camp on Oct. 26, 2015, in Rigonce, Slovenia. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
(18 of19)
Open Image ModalSyrian refugees sit in the back of a Jordanian army truck as they leave the al-Roqban makeshift camp, on the border with Syria, for the eastern town of Ruwaished, where they will be welcomed and checked by the Jordanian authorities, on Sept. 10, 2015. (credit:KHALIL MAZRAAWI/Getty Images)
(19 of19)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken Oct. 3, 2015, Syrian refugee Alaaldeen Mohammed, 25, who came from Aleppo, Syria, poses for a picture shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Mohammed was injured in 2013 in a government bombing that burned his upper body and face. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)