Paolo Pellegrin Refugees on the coast in Mytilini.
In early September 2015, an estimated 15,000 to 20, 000 refugees, roughly 70% are Syrians, wait to complete their registration with the authorities in Mytilini, (...)
capital city of the Greek island of Lesbos. For most the living conditions are miserable: sleeping on the ground, no access to toilets and extreme temperatures.
The Greek authorities have been overwhelmed by the number of refugees and according to this, the registration process has slowed down enormously. It takes 7 to 10 days for refugees to get their document ready that allow them to buy a ferry ticket and be transferred to the mainland. From there, the majority will continue towards north, to the Macedonian border. Afterwards, they will continue their journey towards western Europe.
Lesbos, Greece. 2015 © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin An injured man is about to be placed on a stretcher and brought onboard by MSF members.
Medecines sans Frontieres, approximately 10-15 nautical miles off the Libyan coast on July 27, 2015. The MS (...)
F-hired ship, named "Bourbon Argos" , was patrolling the waters off of Libya when it encountered two wooden boats carrying a total of nearly 700 migrants, according to MSF. The migrants reported that a third boat left Libya with them, but it could not be located by MSF. It was reported to have been rescued the following day by an Irish ship, with casualties. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to be rescued by MSF.
Medecines sans Frontieres, approximately 10-15 nautical miles off the Libyan coast on July 27, 2015. The MSF-hired (...)
ship, named "Bourbon Argos" , was patrolling the waters off of Libya when it encountered two wooden boats carrying a total of nearly 700 migrants, according to MSF. The migrants reported that a third boat left Libya with them, but it could not be located by MSF. It was reported to have been rescued the following day by an Irish ship, with casualties. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli FRANCE. Calais. 2016. Refugees waiting to board the buses.
The french Government said it was closing the camp, home to around 6,500 migrants and refugees fleeing war and poverty, on humanitarian g (...)
rounds — it plans to relocate them to 450 centres across France. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
David Seymour AUSTRIA. Vienna. 1948.
Bellevue Hospital for children. This little girl, suffering from spinal tuberculosis, must wear a special stiff body jacket.
Tuberculosis has always been bad in Vienna, (...)
with a 50% increase in cases after the war. Despite the intensive work of the anti-tuberculosis campaign the situation is still dangerous. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography SPAIN. Montblanch, near Barcelona. October 25th, 1938. Bidding farewell to the International Brigades, which were dismissed by the Republican government, as a consequence of Stalin's friendship wi (...)
th Germany. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos