2015: The world welcomes Syria
Toronto: The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February.- Vienna, Austria: Trains packed with migrants arrived in Austria’s capital where 20,000 people turned out to show their support for the new arrivals, as Europe struggled to cope with the biggest movement of people since World War II.
- Revinge, Sweden: Refugees and migrants wait for free blankets and raincoats before disembarking from a government chartered ferry 'El Venizelos' in the port of Piraeus near Athens. Asylum seekers in Sweden moved into the first tent camp set up for
- Greece: A refugee wrapped in a thermal blanket looks as a dinghy full of migrants and refugees approach the coast of Lesbos island, Greece.
- Athens, Greece: More than 260,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Greece, most reaching the country's eastern islands on flimsy rafts or boats from the nearby Turkish coast.
- Frankfurt, Germany: Young refugees with cuddly toys in their hand arrive at the train station in Munich. Germany warmly welcomed refugees. Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed as "breathtaking" the scenes of Germans crowding train stations to cheer the
- Germany: Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants from the east. Many of the refugees from Syria's civil war were whisked by train and shuttle bus first to Vienna and then by train to Munich and other cities in
- Macedonia, Balkans: Syrian refugees and migrants arrive at the Macedonia-Serbia border in August.
- Greece: A Syrian man and his child board a ferry traveling to Athens, at the port of Lesbos Island, Greece.
- Sydney: Australia welcomed first Syrian arrivals, a family of five from Homs, in the western city of Perth. Australia, which has joined US-led air strikes on the Islamic State group in Syria, had said it would boost its humanitarian refugee intake
- Toronto, Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted refugees fleeing the Syria as they arrived at Pearson International airport in Toronto.
Toronto: The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February.
2015: The world welcomes Syria
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