21-year-old photographer Patience Dosita Uwiduhaye is a go-getting force-of-nature who has never let anything stand in the way of her goals.

More than 2,000 unaccompanied children are on the waiting list for safe shelters in Greece, according to a new report by 12 organizations, including the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The chronic shortage of accommodation for children is just one of the gaps in services that is worsening as the Greek Government prepares to take full control of the refugee response. 

The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt across every sector and by every person in the world. Refugee women, who faced significant challenges to economic integration even before the pandemic, were some of the first to suffer from the economic downturn.

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

Few arrive at their destinations with anything but the necessities of life. The International Rescue Committee asked a mother, a child, a teenager, a pharmacist, an artist, and a family of 31 to share the contents of their bags and show us what they managed to hold on to from their homes. Their possessions tell stories about their past and their hopes for the future.