More than 400,000 migrants crossed over the border into Slovenia between fall 2015 and spring 2016. Most were fleeing oppressive regimes in Syria and Afghanistan. This project examines the individual Slovenian volunteers who welcomed these refugees into the country, providing food, shelter, and other forms of assistance. What does it mean to be driven by empathy rather than charity, deeply invested in the fates of strangers?

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