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Activist turns adversity into a fresh start for refugee women
Congolese rights activist Sabuni is the regional winner for Africa for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her work with refugees in Uganda.
Activist champions rights of people with disabilities in Ukraine
Tetiana Barantsova from Ukraine is named regional winner for Europe for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award in 2020.
Jordanian scientist finds winning formula to get kids reading
Jordanian scientist Rana is regional winner for MENA of the Nansen Refugee Award for her programme to get children reading for pleasure.
Afghan sports coach helps young refugees find a path to school in Iran
Afghan football coach Rozma Ghafouri is a regional winner for UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award for her work empowering Afghan refugee girls.
UNHCR names Nansen Refugee Award regional winners
Four everyday heroes who help those in great need have been selected as the regional winners of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award.
Help needed to meet ‘urgent humanitarian needs’ in Syria, Grandi says
After meeting families in Syria struggling to meet their basic needs and now threatened by COVID-19, UN Refugee Chief appeals for more help.
As attacks surge in northern Mozambique, families flee multiple times
Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Mozambique, with many living in dire conditions.
Greece: update on Lesvos situation after Moria fires
Efforts are continuing in Greece to shelter asylum seekers made homeless in a series of fires that devastated Moria last week.
Grandi hails Jordan’s inclusion of refugees in COVID response
After first positive cases confirmed in Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, UNHCR chief pledges help to contain virus.
Seven-month ordeal at sea takes toll on Rohingya refugees in Indonesia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is saddened by the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who disembarked in northern Aceh, Indonesia last week.
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