UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- Samira Harnish – Official Finalist for the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/09/2018
Samira Harnish established ‘Women of the World’ who have supported more than 1,000 female refugees in the U.S. to become self-reliant. She provides them with ad...
- South Sudan Peace Talks – The voices of refugees
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 07/09/2018
South Sudan refugees come face to face with country’s leaders. “Start by showing us that you’re serious about peace” Information for media: If you would like...
- Darkness does weird things to you. Vincent Cochetel
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 07/09/2018
Vincent Cochetel has worked for the UNHCR for over 30 years. He spent the first part of his career listening to the horror stories of other people but then his ...
- Afghans need support to rebuild their country
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 06/09/2018
Around 10,000 Afghans have recently made a home for themselves in Tarakhil Dag village, on the outskirts of Kabul. Many are refugees returning from Pakistan and...
- Training to Thrive
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 03/09/2018
UNHCR has partnered with a local NGO, called ILIA to provide vulnerable women with vocation skills to be able to earn a decent living. It also promotes entrepre...
- Khaled Hosseini – Desperate Journeys
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 03/09/2018
Desperate Journeys is a film based on Khaled Hosseini’s visits to refugees in Lebanon and Italy in July 2018. Its release ties in with that of the namesake UNHC...
- UNHCR - Your support for education means the world
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 31/08/2018
We give school supplies and quality education to students in Pakistan, like Maryam, so they can reach their dreams. But 4 million refugee children around the wo...
- Syria: Amidst destruction, hope lies
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 30/08/2018
After more than six years, the once besieged town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta is slowly seeing displaced people return and residents who never left start to rebu...
- UNHCR’s protection chief explains why the new global compact on refugees matters
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 30/08/2018
UNHCR protection head details how a new deal for refugees will help both refugees and host communities. Volker Türk explains why the new global refugee compact ...
- Cate Blanchett raises her voice for Rohingya refugees
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 29/08/2018
There are no short cuts.There are no alternatives.We have failed the Rohingya before.Please, let us not fail them again. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanche...
