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We take special care to bring you the latest refugee news and stories of the men, women and children we help each day.
Displaced Syrians face bleak Ramadan as economic pain follows COVID-19
By UNHCR Staff Across much of the Middle East and North Africa, Holy Month celebrations are replaced by a struggle for survival amid economic shocks and rising food prices. Ahmad had hoped Ramadan would provide some welcome relief for his family this year....
Rwandan refugee begins new life caring for elderly Canadians
A pioneering program is recruiting skilled refugees to fill labour gaps in Canada By Levon Sevunts The first thing Bahati Ernestine Hategekimana remembers about Nova Scotia is how green the Canadian province seemed compared to the neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital...
Ukraine crisis creates new trafficking risks
By Kristy Siegfried in Rzeszów, Poland As millions of refugees flee Ukraine, aid agencies are raising the alarm about the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse and human trafficking. At the border post in Medyka, Poland, a steady stream of exhausted refugees...
Urgent help needed in Malawi to rebuild lives wrecked by Tropical Storm Ana
By Rumbani Msiska in Lilongwe, Malawi More than 190,000 people who lost or fled their homes during the January storm remain displaced inside the country, living in sites that often lack basic necessities. It had been a typical day for 70-year-old Edesi Waiti and her...
Statement on risks of trafficking and exploitation facing refugees from Ukraine
The following statement is attributed to Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.
Mixed emotions for family partially reunited after fleeing Tigray conflict
By Abdulkhaliq Khalif in Hamdayet, Sudan A bittersweet reunion for an Ethiopian mother and her daughter after months of separation Letha was seven months pregnant when she made the difficult decision to leave her home in Ethiopia’s western Tigray region without all of...
Our Guide to Donating Stocks and Securities to Help Ukraine
Did you know that cash donations are not the only way to support UNHCR? Making a gift of publicly traded securities to UNHCR today—or in the future in your Will — offers you the chance to support refugees in need, while being more tax-advantageous for you. In fact, gifts of securities may be the most cost-effective way of giving.
Ukrainian volunteer rallies village to welcome displaced families
By Victoria Andrievska in Velykyi Bereznyi, Ukraine As families fled west to escape fighting, Rymma Mytrak came up with a plan and with help from her neighbours opened a shelter for 80 people within days. In late February, when Rymma Mytrak saw reports of...
Mental health issues can be both the driver and result of displacement
By Jenny Barchfield in Guatemala City, Guatemala While medicine shortages have forced some people with mental health issues to flee Venezuela, the stresses of journeys to safety throughout the Americas have pushed others into depression. Leo Medina was just a teenager...
From Syria to Canada, lawyer to journalist
Q&A with Maan Alhmidi. A lawyer by training and now a journalist with the Canadian Press news agency.
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