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Paths to Refuge

A special project on Europe's migration crisis, on both the perilous journey and life inside the destination. A story of assimilation, of the bureaucratic limbo, of strangers in a strange land settling into something more awkwardly, unexpectedly permanent.

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Illustration by Pat Perry

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Photo by Gary Honis

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Photography by Mike Kelley

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Ben Mauk

Ben Mauk's work appears in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, Granta, and many other publications.