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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.
Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green
Youth groups are championing efforts to regreen refugee camps in Bangladesh and to raise awareness about the impacts of the climate crisis.
Displaced people join efforts to adapt to climate change in Mozambique
With UNHCR’s help, refugees and internally displaced people hit by cyclones are building new homes that can withstand the impacts of climate change.
‘As a refugee, I have seen the impacts of the climate crisis up close’
From drought and flooding to increasing competition for scarce resources, South Sudanese refugee Opira Bosco Okot knows only too well how the climate crisis has made life harder for displaced people.
Former ‘nature beginner’ is now on the front lines of the fight against climate change
For Joshua, a refugee who fled gang violence, protecting the threatened tropical forests of his host country, Guatemala, has become both a calling and a moral imperative.
To the refugee friend I shared so many adventures with
In this occasional series, we will feature letters from people to refugees who have shaped their lives. Oliwier, 15, and his family hosted Nazar, 16, and his mother for 5 months in their home in Poland after they fled the conflict in Ukraine. Nazar quickly became like...
How Thailand’s grassroots organizations are working to end statelessness
Community volunteers are helping stateless people in ethnic minority villages navigate the complex process of applying for nationality. By Apipar Norapoompipat in Chiang Mai, Thailand | 04 November 2022 | Français Tucked away in rolling green mountains some 60...
Returned refugees break ground at South Sudan farm cooperative
Looking to build a secure future, returning refugees are working alongside local residents to turn a 250-acre plot of bushland into a productive farm.
Henriquez Partners Architects supports refugee scholars to reach new heights
For refugees, higher education is the route to labour markets and economic self-sufficiency – Thanks to Henriquez Partners Architects more young people will now have the opportunity to expand their employment prospects, improve their wellbeing, and reach their goals.
Data shows impacts of rising prices and shrinking aid on forcibly displaced people
A new data visualization reveals how the ripple effects of the Ukraine war are impacting refugees and internally displaced people in parts of the world far from the media spotlight.
Displaced women in South Sudan work to hold back floodwaters
Armed only with buckets and determination, hundreds of displaced women worked to clear the road which is a lifeline between their camp and the city of Bentiu.
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