Five years into the war in Syria, millions have fled in search of a safe place for their family to live.
Syrian refugees are trying to escape Isis and bombings – but they’re also leaving behind their homes, friends and lives behind.
Photographer Magnus Wennman travelled around Europe and the Middle East to document where the displaced children of the refugee crisis are now calling home.
Lamar, 5 (above)
Lamar is originally from Baghdad in Iraq. Her family were on their way to buy food when a bomb was dropped on their house.
After two attempts, Lamar’s family made it across the sea in a rubber dingy to Turkey.
The family then made their way towards the Hungary border – where she now sleeps under a small heap of dirty sheets.
Shehd, 7,
Photographer Magnus Wennman travelled around Europe and the Middle East to document where the displaced children of the refugee crisis are now calling home.
Lamar, 5 (above)
Lamar is originally from Baghdad in Iraq. Her family were on their way to buy food when a bomb was dropped on their house.
After two attempts, Lamar’s family made it across the sea in a rubber dingy to Turkey.
The family then made their way towards the Hungary border – where she now sleeps under a small heap of dirty sheets.
Shehd, 7,
Picture: Magnus Wennman/REX Shutterstock)
Shehd used to be playful, she especially loved to draw. But her mother soon noticed a common theme in her sketches: weapons.
‘She saw them all the time, they are everywhere.’
Shehd’s mum said she hasn’t drawn much since leaving Syria. She worries their escape has forced her to grow up too soon.
Shehd and her family now live on the Hungarian border. They pick food from the nearby trees. The family said if they’d known how difficult their journey would have been – they would have risked their lives to stay in Syria, despite Islamic State.
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