UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- School Emerges From War To Give Escape To Syrian Kids
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 27/09/2019
The "Fratelli" summer school project offers over 800 refugee children the chance to play and prepare to return to school. Information for media: If you would ...
- Nicaraguan rights lawyer, a refugee like his clients
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 25/09/2019
In the wake of anti-government protests in Nicaragua, attorney Braulio Abarca felt it was his duty to defend the rights of protesters who were being hauled off ...
- As drought compounds security woes, Somalis flee to Ethiopia
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 20/09/2019
Worsening drought, and insecurity caused by Al Shabab have forced more than 5,000 Somalis to seek refuge in Ethiopia so far this year – about four times the tot...
- Rights activist champions peace in Congo’s troubled east
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/09/2019
With the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR is honouring remarkable individuals and groups who go to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced people in ne...
- For disabled Afghans, therapist offers new lease on life
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/09/2019
With the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR is honouring remarkable individuals and groups who go to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced people in ne...
- Trans Salvadoran defies danger to defend LGBTI rights
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/09/2019
With the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR is honouring remarkable individuals and groups who go to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced people in ne...
- Jordanian volunteer helps Syrian refugees get back on their feet
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/09/2019
With the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR is honouring remarkable individuals and groups who go to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced people in ne...
- Faith-based groups forge safe path for refugees to Italy
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/09/2019
Humanitarian Corridors, a programme established by religious organizations in Italy, offers refugees private sponsorship allowing them a chance to start a new l...
- The calling: Colombian woman opens home to fleeing Venezuelans
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/09/2019
For the past two years, Marta Duque has hosted scores of Venezuelans in her two-bedroom home in the mountain town of Pamplona, Colombia. The 56-year-old says th...
- Separated by conflict, Central African cousins long to learn together again
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 09/09/2019
Cousins Prince-Bonheur and Gothier fled their home in the Central African Republic in 2013 to escape the civil war. While in exile in the two Congos, like most ...
