When Muhammed Ali was just five days old his family fled fighting in Aleppo, Syria. Their lives are now on hold.

2017 has been tough for millions of people around the world. We’ve seen the likes of a global famine, the Trump administration’s Travel Ban and, closer to home, the UK Government turning its back on child refugees.

Since August 2017, nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, putting a huge strain on the country’s already limited resources. In addition, the Bay of Bengal region of South Asia is prone to devastating natural disasters, including monsoons.

International Rescue Committee aid workers on the ground in Myanmar and Bangladesh are scaling up our response to the world's fastest-growing humanitarian crisis. Here's a look at the Rohingya refugee crisis by the numbers

IRC volunteer, Yousef Al-Masri is a Syrian refugee living at Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. Yousef invented a new way to get around by welding bike parts and various other materials into mini vehicles.