Australia for UNHCR
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- Emma Thompson introduces her son, Tindy - World Refugee Day 2015
@australiaforunhcr - 09/06/2015
Emma Thompson tells her son Tindy's story in support of World Refugee Day 2015. "We met at the Refugee Council in December 2003, you were only 16." Tindy fled...
- Khaled Hosseini introduces Muzoon - World Refugee Day 2015
@australiaforunhcr - 09/06/2015
UNHCR Ambassador Khaled Hosseini met Muzoon in Azraq camp ahead of World Refugee Day 2015. "It's easy to forget that the people living in this camp once had li...
- Helena Christensen introduces Maribeth - World Refugee Day 2015
@australiaforunhcr - 09/06/2015
Helena Christensen wants you to get to know Maribeth's story, as part of World Refugee Day 2015. "Maribeth is a loving mum. She sells food and teaches people ...
- Cate Blanchett introduces Ahmad - World Refugee Day 2015
@australiaforunhcr - 09/06/2015
Cate Blanchett wants you to get to know Ahmad, a 14 year old Syrian refugee living in Lebanon. Actress Cate Blanchett met Syrian refugee Ahmad during a visit ...
- Retail giant UNIQLO distributes 10 millionth item of clothing to refugees
@australiaforunhcr - 09/06/2015
UNIQLO passed a major milestone at a recent distribution in Uganda, where UNHCR staff handed out the 10 millionth piece of clothing donated by the Japanese reta...
- Australia for UNHCR Special Youth Representative Yarrie Bangurra's speech: My Refugee Experience
@australiaforunhcr - 28/05/2015
Yarrie Bangurra, poet, activist, student of human rights and refugee from Sierra Leone speaks at Australia for UNHCR's Mother's Day Lunch at the Ivy Ballroom, S...
- Cholera outbreak in Tanzania kills 31, of which 29 Burundian refugees
@australiaforunhcr - 26/05/2015
Refugees are fleeing Burundi into neighbouring countries - more than 105,000 have now sought shelter in Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Cong...
- #ibelong - Why 9 year old Rama thinks being stateless is unfair
@australiaforunhcr - 26/05/2015
Even though Rama was born and raised in Lebanon, and her mother is Lebanese, Rama does not get to have Lebanese citizenship. Rama's mother Amal got married to a...
- Rohingya and Bangladeshi Arrivals in Indonesia
@australiaforunhcr - 26/05/2015
Rohingya women and children, rest and recover in Langsa, in Indonesia's Aceh. They are among the first refugees and migrants stranded in South-East Asian waters...
- Burundian refugees flee to DRC
@australiaforunhcr - 26/05/2015
While the coup attempt is reported to have been foiled, the situation remains tense in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, with sporadic outbursts of violence reporte...
