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Côte d’Ivoire welcomes returning families as refugee status set to end

Jun 20, 2022 | Featured Story, News Releases

UN High Commissioner for Refugees is celebrating World Refugee Day in Côte d’Ivoire alongside former refugees

On World Refugee Day, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller calls for equal treatment of refugees – whoever, wherever, whenever

Jun 20, 2022 | Featured Story, News Releases, Press Release

Stiller: ‘Protecting people forced to flee is a collective global responsibility. We have to remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere’

‘When you open your home, you open your heart’

Jun 19, 2022 | Featured Story, Story, Ukraine

Iryna Morykvas reflects on how fleeing Ukraine with her son changed her perspective on love, peace and safety

UNHCR’s Grandi joins Ivorian refugees on the last leg of their journey home

Jun 19, 2022 | Story

With peace and stability in Côte D’Ivoire, refugee status for Ivorians is coming to an end. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees joined a group returning home from Liberia. By Cédric Kalonji Mfunyi in Toulepleu, Côte d'Ivoire Blessing Tieu, 18, felt a mixture of...