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that faced rain, snow, and extreme cold without any heat. Sanitation was deplorable: twenty to thirty toilets and only twenty showers for three thousand people.” After enduring these hardships, Mina’s life took a turn for the better. Her family was granted refuge in Denmark, and Mina was given a scholarship to study in the United States. She described this as “the greatest thing I could imagine.” Since then, she has completed a degree in psychology and hopes to return to her homeland if the situation there remains stable.

Albanian refugees follow a railroad line while fleeing their homeland, 1999.

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What Is a Refugee?