guardian:Refugees in Europe – then and now | See full gallery As tens of thousands of refuge
guardian: Refugees in Europe – then and now | See full gallery As tens of thousands of refugees continue to make their perilous way across Europe, their pictures recall those of earlier, equally arduous journeys. From the shattered remains of Dunkirk in 1940 to the smoking ruins of Damascus in 2015, the women and children fleeing the barbarity of German troops in Russia or Islamic State fighters in Iraq, images of humanity’s flight from oppression, poverty and persecution today find a powerful echo in those of past exoduses. For these people, nothing much seems to have changed. -- source link
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