UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- Sri Lanka: after terror attacks, fear haunts refugees and asylum seekers
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 06/06/2019
More than a month after a series of bombings in Sri Lanka in April, in which more than 250 people were killed, around a thousand asylum seekers and refugees st...
- The story of a dress or UNIQLO and UNHCR unlocking the power of clothing for refugees
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/06/2019
UNIQLO began its partnership with UNHCR in 2006 by making massive donations of clothing to refugee families. Ever since, our partnership has grown both in scope...
- Refugees join the movement to reclaim Uganda’s trees
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/06/2019
South Sudanese refugee Bidal Abraham uses his time in Uganda to promote a movement to conserve the environment. At 32, he has already been forced to flee his ho...
- UNHCR Ambassador Emi Mahmoud’s Ramadan poem.
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 04/06/2019
Slam poet and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud asks ‘How Am I To Celebrate?’ As a former refugee from Sudan, Emi knows well what Ramadan feels like when y...
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Rakhine state, Myanmar
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 25/05/2019
During a five-day trip to Myanmar, Filippo Grandi pledged support for the internally displaced and help to build the confidence that Rohingya refugees in Bangla...
- Take A Step with Minnie, Emily and Jacky in Denver
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 24/05/2019
Minnie is from Burma. Emily and Jacky are from the United States. We follow them through a day in their lives as high school students in Denver, Colorado, where...
- Take A Step with Maria and Miguel in Panama City
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 24/05/2019
Miguel is from Panama and Maria is from Venezuela. They take us on a journey through the streets of Panama City where they met and remind us that opening up to...
- #RamadanTogether
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 23/05/2019
Lebanese family and a Syrian refugee family who never met were invited to a social experiment. This is what happened. Information for media: If you would l...
- Taking the fight for rights to Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘forgotten’
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 21/05/2019
Rosine and Monique are legal experts, but their work takes place not in a court of law but in rural village squares, as they track down stateless people and adv...
- Syrian Sweet Maker in Egypt
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 21/05/2019
Fleeing the Syrian crisis in 2012, Abdullah and his family sought asylum in Egypt. Shortly after, Abdullah and his brother decided to capitalize on their family...
