UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- Refugee children on Kos island return to the classroom
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 19/02/2019
Offering a range of subjects from mathematics to Greek, arts, science and crafts, KEDU, an informal school on Kos teaches displaced children aged between seven ...
- UN Refugee Chief on Africa's history of generosity and finding solutions for the millions displaced
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/02/2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attended the 32nd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, which declared 2019 as the “Year of Refugees, Returnees...
- If I was invisible
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/02/2019
For a child, being invisible may sound like fun. But millions of people are born or become stateless. As a result, they often aren’t allowed to go to school, se...
- Rohingya refugees: UN launches action plan for 2019
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 15/02/2019
UN aid agencies and NGO partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, and are seeking to raise USD920 million to me...
- UNHCR chief praises Ethiopia’s innovative approach to refugees
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 14/02/2019
On a four-day visit to Ethiopia UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi praised Ethiopia’s generosity in hosting refugees, and the government’s openness to new and...
- UN refugee chief calls for international support for Tanzania
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 14/02/2019
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi urged for greater support for Tanzania, which has hosted refugees for decades, focusing on priorities such...
- Welcome to the first Yemeni restaurant on the Korean island of Jeju
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/02/2019
Restaurant Wardah is the first Yemeni restaurant on South Korea’s Jeju Island, owned by a South Korean musician who provided shelter for dozens of Yemeni asylum...
- Thousands of Nigerian refugees flee Boko Haram attacks
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 12/02/2019
Over 35,000 men, women and children from the Nigerian town of Rann have fled attacks from Boko Haram to Cameroon’s north. UNHCR teams are on hand to help newly ...
- Thousands of Nigerian refugees flee Boko Haram attacks voiced by Gaelle Massack
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/02/2019
Over 35,000 men, women and children from the Nigerian town of Rann have fled attacks from Boko Haram to Cameroon’s north. UNHCR teams are on hand to help newly ...
- Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Cox’s Bazar
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 07/02/2019
Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh is now home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees. After decades of persecution and discrimination in Myanmar, they say tha...
