Germany Edgar and Amelie Rai with their two children, Nelly, nine, and Moritz, 12, host Syrian refugees and brothers, Bilal Aljaber, 26, (seated) and Amr Aljaber, 17, in Berlin. It took Bilal Aljaber almost two years to reach Europe. ‘They are like my second family,’ he said. ‘Anything they can help me with, they do it wholeheartedly. We have a very close friendship and this is one of the most beautiful things that has happened to me. I feel I have someone here, someone supporting me, helping me. I am not all alone.’

Photograph: Aubrey Wade/UNHCR