Roberta Jacobson, a respected diplomat with experience in Latin American affairs, served as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico under the Obama administration and recently joined President Joe Biden's National Security Council as the border czar, focusing on diplomacy with Mexico and Central American countries to address the increasing migrant flow at the U.S. Southern border.

In 2015, amidst the refugee crisis in Europe, Holger Michel, a young German, started volunteering at a shelter in Berlin and eventually organized a shelter for over 1000 refugees in an abandoned building.