When he landed on the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015, Nabil Minas, a Christian refugee from Syria, carried his children through the water and left them on the shore, then fell on his face and kissed the ground. The shore where he kneels is covered with the black rubber of deflated refugee boats. Minas and his family came in the boat from Turkey, paying an exorbitant amount to traffickers who provided the transport. File photo by Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures. 