Refugees daring to escape fighting in Syria often get tangled in long, treacherous travel in search of safe havens; and some never make it.
Syrian Refugees Risk Lives to Find Safety

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Syrian refugees enter Turkey during a sand storm at Yumurtalik crossing gate near Suruc, Turkey, Sept. 24, 2014.

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A Syrian Kurdish family waits after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey after several mortars hit both sides near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Sept. 29, 2014.

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A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent carries a Kurdish Syrian refugee girl to the first aid tent after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Sept. 25, 2014.

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A handout picture released Aug. 29, 2014 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows Syrian refugees streaming across the border into Jordan at a remote border point in the east.