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Stories from the refugee crisis

The refugee crisis dominated the headlines for much of 2015. In a series of interviews, Guardian writers speak to some of the people at the centre of a year of dramatic and harrowing stories
  • Osama Abdul Mohsen with signed football

    Stories of 2015: Syrian refugee tripped by Hungarian camera operator

    Osama Abdul Mohsen, seen by millions being brought to the ground by Petra László as he ran with his son near the Hungary-Serbia border in September, is now happily settled in Spain
  • Tima Kurdi

    Stories of 2015: how Alan Kurdi's death changed the world

    The aunt of the Syrian boy photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach and the policeman who found him speak about the image and the plight of refugees
  • Refugees in inflatable dinghy being towed

    Stories of 2015: the refugee who became a people smuggler

    Unable to work legally in Turkey, Mohamad, a Syrian electrician, now earns up to $20,000 a week finding customers for the dangerous boat journey to Greece
  • Antonis Deligiorgis rescues Wegasi Nebiat from the Aegean Sea on 20 April.

    Stories of 2015: the heroism of a Greek soldier who pulled refugees from the sea

    Image of Antonis Deligiorgis rescuing Wegasi Nebiat was one of the most striking illustrations of valour in the crisis unfolding on Europe’s southern shores
  • Ali Mustafa from Syria

    'Jumping a train in Calais was no big deal compared with the bombs in Syria'

    Syrian refugee Ali Mustafa passed through 10 countries before reaching the UK. Now he is a taxpayer, working at a restaurant in Newcastle
  • Stephanie with her daughter Francesca, born during a rescue operation by the Italian navy

    Stories of 2015: born on a rescue boat – a baby refugee's progress

    In the first of our interviews with people at the centre of the year’s biggest stories, we meet Stephanie and her daughter Francesca
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