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Talk, or the water will break your heart

Talk, or the water will break your heart

Sep 26, 2016 | News Releases

Volunteers for 2016 Nansen Refugee Award winners Hellenic Rescue Team share their experience of a traumatic year. LESVOS, Greece – At a small tavern overlooking the coastline of Lesvos, Panagiotis Konstantaras and Antigoni Piperaki are taking a short break from...
Refugee deaths in the Mediterranean have soared

Refugee deaths in the Mediterranean have soared

Sep 7, 2016 | News Releases

GENEVA – A year ago today a photograph of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi’s small body washed up on a Turkish beach drew the world’s attention to the shocking danger and unfathomable loss experienced by thousands of refugees desperately trying to reach safety in Europe by...

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