Photographer Pete Kiehart traveled for BuzzFeedNews to capture a series of portraits near the border crossings of Europe.
The borders have been flooded with migrants and refugees in recent weeks and months. The people that he met had arrived from all different corners of the globe. Some fleeing war. Others trying to escape extreme poverty. All were hoping for a better life.
Fariba Mosavi, 29, from North Afghanistan, en route to Germany
Apoelman Dreash, 60, from Aleppo, Syria en route to Germany
Abdul Arham Aiarsian, 35, from Idlib, Syria en route to Norway
Emen Al Jafri, 45, from Golan, Syria, en route to the UK or Sweden
Serigne Modou Kasse, 28, from Senegal en route to Milan, Italy
Yasir Ali, 20, from Raqqa, Syria en route to Germany
Jacob Youssuf, 4, from Qamischli, Syria en route to Germany
Abrahim Alomar, 38, from Aleppo, Syria en route to Holland or Norway
Fallah Khasi, 41, from Baghdad, Iraq en route to Finland
Mohsin Warraich, 24, from Lahore, Pakistan en route to Germany
Wakil Jahani, from Tehran, Iran en route to Germany
Firas Al Hakkar, 30, from Damascus, Syria en route to Belgium
Abdullah Jabbar, 18, from Gambia en route to Austria
Ali Asim, 32, from Baghdad, Iraq en route to Belgium
Khalid Ahmad, 20, from Hama, Syria en route to Germany
Saba and Dani, 25 and 8 months, from Baghdad, Iraq en route to Germany
Khalil Khalin, 57, from Aleppo, Syria en route to Germany
Thomas Bayo, 40, from Nigeria en route to France
Suhail Salehi, 16, from Ghazni, Afghanistanen route to Austria
Ehsan Akbari, 29, from Herat, Afghanistan en route to Germany or Sweden
