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‘When you open your home, you open your heart’
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
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...
Forced displacement hit record high in 2021 with too few able to go home
The number of people forced to flee violence, war and persecution, is outpacing the available solutions. GENEVA – The number of people displaced by conflict, violence, persecution and human rights abuses rose for the tenth straight year in 2021 to reach the highest...
‘I believe we can make change happen. We just need to do the work.’
In his new memoir, ‘Asylum,’ Nigerian refugee and LGBTIQ+ activist Edafe Okporo writes that even detention and discrimination didn’t shake his faith in America
Ukrainian refugees depict trauma of fleeing war in new short film
“Uprooted” shows how the terrifying memories of conflict live on in those who have escaped, and sends a message of solidarity to refugees around the world. By UNHCR Staff No one uprooted by war can unsee the horrors they have witnessed. That is the powerful message of...
Rohingya refugees lead response to fire threat in Bangladesh camps
Trained refugee volunteers are the first line of defence against the frequent fires that tear through camps in the dry season. By Kristy Siegfried in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh First, a hole appears in the shelter’s tarpaulin roof, then flames and billowing black smoke....
Seeking safety at the United States-Mexico border
By UNHCR Staff Narrated by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller and supporter Mindy Kaling, an animated series looks at the rights of people forced to flee and the responsibility we all have to protect them. Every day, people arrive at the United States border with...
LGBTQI+ activist strives to make her host country more inclusive for all refugees
During her journey to safety, Yeraldine, a lesbian from Venezuela, faced much of the same discrimination as she had back home. On IDAHOTB, she talks about her efforts to make Ecuador a more inclusive place
Returning to Mother: Evodia and Josephine’s story of hope
After fleeing Burundi and landing in camps in Tanzania, Evodia and Josephine reunite — three and a half years later.
‘I’m very interested in telling stories of people who are marginalised’: Q&A with Noura Kevorkian
Canadian filmmaker chronicles the life of a Syrian refugee family in Lebanon.
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