UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- For refugees and locals in Uganda, the internet is changing lives.
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 24/09/2018
Private investment has brought connectivity to north western Uganda, as well as new opportunities for refugees and locals. Information for media: If you woul...
- How can the world better share responsibility for refugees?
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 21/09/2018
The global compact on refugees is a blueprint for a stronger, fairer response to refugee situations so refugees can thrive alongside their hosts. Information...
- New Zambia settlement gives refugees and hosts a chance to prosper
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 21/09/2018
Refugees in Mantapala settlement in Northern Zambia are allowed to work and farm. As a result, they have helped develop the previously underdeveloped Nchelenge ...
- Syrian refugee boy turned to star in award-winning movie
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 21/09/2018
As the award-winning film “Capharnaum” premiers in the Arab world, UNHCR tells the story of its leading actor, a Syrian refugee from Daraa whose life was foreve...
- I Still Can’t Believe That Is Happening In My Country
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 17/09/2018
Fatima Mohammed was assigned to work in her hometown in northern Nigeria, a place full of happy childhood memories. But then she landed in Maiduguri and found c...
- Going home after almost 40 years away
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/09/2018
So far this year, nearly 10,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have decided to return home – some after being away for nearly 40 years. UNHCR is helping wit...
- UNHCR calls for urgent Syria funding
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 11/09/2018
By the end of August, only 31 per cent of donors’ pledges for the Syria humanitarian response had been met. UNHCR is calling for urgent funding of some US$270 m...
- Reclaim Childhood – Official Finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/09/2018
Reclaim Childhood is a non-profit sports programme based in Amman, Jordan, each day they promote leadership skills and interaction between different refugee and...
- Tuenjai Deetes – Official Finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/09/2018
Tuenjai Deetes is an inspiring woman who have committed four decades of her life advocating for stateless people’s rights in Thailand! Initially living with the...
- Andreas Hollstein – Official Finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/09/2018
Mayor Hollstein look at refugees as beneficial for the community, and have worked tirelessly to welcome newcomer, with innovative projects to make them a part o...
