Refugee follows the lives of three children and their families at different times in history when they needed to flee their homeland to find sanctuary in another country.  Told in alternating chapters, follow Josef and his family fleeing from Berlin, Germany during the Nazi occupation in the 1930s aboard the St Louis hoping to find sanctuary in Cuba.  In 1994, Isabela and her family are fleeing Cuba hoping to find asylum and freedom in Miami, Florida.  In 2015, Mahmoud and his family are fleeing civil war in Syria hoping to make their way to a safe haven in Germany.  Follow these courageous children on their dangerous journies to find a better life and home in a new country.