Syrian refugee girl in a refugee camp in Germany, Passau. The muslim girl led from the syrian war in 2015. She wears a veil and looks both hopeful and sad.
Refugees from the syrian war board a bus at the refugee camp in Passau, Germany in 2015.A little girl greets a policeman.
Refugees from Syria and Afghanistan rest at a refugee camp in Passau, Germany. The refugee crisis hit Germany in 2015
A male refugee from Afghanistan prays and is grateful that he arrived safely in Germany in 2015. He is taken in at the refugee camp in Passau, Germany.
Volunteers give food to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in Passau, Germany in 2015. First emergency supplies take place in registration camps.
A little refugee boy from Afghanistan is sad and desperate. He sits in a corner and cries in a refugee camp in Germany in 2015.
A German police officer takes fingerprints from a Syrian refugee. Many refugees from war zones arrived at the reception centre in Passau, Germany, in 2015.
A fingerprint is taken. Refugees from war zones in Afghanistan and Syria are registered in Germany in 2015 to begin the asylum process.
Two friends are happy that they made it from Syria to Germany. The refugees arrived at the registration centre in Passau, Germany in 2015.
A refugee from Syria gazes sadly into space. He is exhausted from his long journey and arrived in Germany, Passau in 2015
A little girl sits with his mother in the refugee camp in Passau, Germany. The refugee family fled Afghanistan in 2015 and is waiting for registration
Four young refugee men wait to be registered at the refugee camp in Passau, Germany in 2015. They come from Syria and Afghanistan.
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A father holds his daughter in his arms and gives her comfort. The two fled the war in Syria in 2015 and arrived in Passau, Germany.
A refugee tries on shoes donated by volunteers in Germany. In 2015, many people arrived in Germany during the refugee crisis.
A young Muslim girl smiles at the camera. She looks hopefully into a new future. In the background are other families from Syria and Afghanistan
A refugee sleeps exhausted on two chairs. He waits to be registered at a reception centre in Passau, Germany, in 2015.
A young refugee from Afghanistan arrived in Germany in 2015. He was registered and provided with the most basic necessities
A group of refugees show their wristbands from registration in Germany, Passau in 2015. Many come from war zones in Syria and Afghanistan
Refugee from Syria looks sadly out of a window on a bus in Germany in 2015. He is being transferred from the initial reception camp to another camp.
Three refugees from Syria sleep exhausted on benches. They are waiting to be approved in 2015 in Germany, Passau.
A young Syrian family waits to be registered in a refugee camp in Passau, Germany in 2015. The child sleeps in the father's arms from exhaustion.
A refugee boy from Syria looks sad and tired. He arrived alone in Germany in 2015, during the refugee crisis.
Seven men wait to be registered in a refugee camp in Passau, Germany in 2015. They have fled from Afghanistan and Syria.
Two brothers met again in 2015 after a long flight in a Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Passau, Germany. They say goodbye to each other again.
A refugee sits on a bus and looks at his new papers with relief. He was registered at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany in 2015.
Registration form for refugees at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany in 2015. All arriving persons were carefully registered.
A young man from Syria has a blanket over his shoulders in the refugee camp in Passau, Germany. He fled the civil war in his home country in 2015, like many others
An uncle hugs his nephew in a refugee camp in Passau, Germany. The two fled Syria in 2015, lost each other and just met again in Germany.
A young boy stares blankly into the camera. He fled Syria in 2015 and is waiting to be registered in Germany. His eyes must have seen a lot of suffering.
A Syrian mother sits with her baby on a bus in Passau, Germany in 2015. She has fled the civil war and is taken to an asylum centre.

Refugees 

Welcome to the unknown, editorial “DIE ZEIT”

Refugees at the migrant reception and registration center in Passau, Germany. The refugees are fascinated by the german thoroughness. At the same time, they are scared of being fingerprinted, desperate and wondering if and how they will cope with the new situation and the difficult language. Without it being announced, one senses the question: who will now determine my life and in what way?