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- South Sudan: No Home To Return To
@australiaforunhcr - 20/10/2014
Philip and his family fled from their home in the South Sudan town of Bor last December and found shelter in the capital, Juba. Recently they decided to return ...
- South Sudan: Adut’s Struggle
@australiaforunhcr - 19/10/2014
"I'm longing for my mother and father, if they were here I'd be in school studying" Thousands in war-torn South Sudan have lost their homes and livelihoods. Wh...
- Ukraine A Summer Camp Refuge
@australiaforunhcr - 17/10/2014
Normally, the Promotei camp hosts holidaymakers during Summer. But this year, it provided shelter for more than 100 Ukrainians forced by fighting to flee their ...
- South Sudan Grandma Abuk's Children
@australiaforunhcr - 16/10/2014
Years of violence and bloodshed in South Sudan robbed Abuk of her seven children. When fighting returned last year, the old lady fled anew with her grandchildre...
- Almost Home
@australiaforunhcr - 13/10/2014
Former Angolan refugees, in exile for as many as three decades, are given the opportunity to locally integrate in neighbouring Zambia with the help of UNHCR and...
- Faysal’s Flight from Kobane, Syria
@australiaforunhcr - 13/10/2014
More than 170,000 people have fled from the town of Kobane in northern Syria to escape a fierce offensive by ISIL militants. Faysal managed to escape to Turkey ...
- UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award Ceremony 2014 – Highlights
@australiaforunhcr - 09/10/2014
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres presented the Colombian women’s rights group, Butterflies with New Wings Building a Future, with the prestigi...
- UNHCR Meet: Nation of the Displaced
@australiaforunhcr - 09/10/2014
UNHCR’s governing body, at its annual meeting, draws attention to the increasing numbers of displaced and the challenges of protecting and assisting them. The n...
- UNHCR Syrian Refugee Registration Challenge
@australiaforunhcr - 09/10/2014
To cope with the growing number of Syrian refugees arriving, UNHCR has had to overhaul, modernize and expand its ability to handle the influx in Lebanon and Jor...
- Iraq The Generous Giver
@australiaforunhcr - 09/10/2014
Farhad built a camp, with tents, electricity, water, a place of shelter. His compassion is heartfelt and grounded in his own boyhood flight. “In 1974, I was di...
