These are a few pictures of the refugees from Syria and IS affected regions and their ordeal. The Syrian war has been going on for four years, but only in 2015 has Europe woken up to the flow of Syrian refugees. Circulation of harrowing images of a three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, found dead on a Turkish beach, sparked outrage over the crisis.

Refugee raise hands to catch water bottles thrown by the humanitarian organisations, as they wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, northern Greece on Friday. Pics/AFP