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Angelina Jolie Pitt on World Refugee Day 2015

Jun 24, 2015 | Video

“We are here for a simple reason: This region is at the epicentre of a global crisis. Nearly 60 million people are displaced from their homes. That is one in every 122 people on our planet. Our world has never been richer or healthier or more advanced. Yet never...
#WorldRefugeeDay: Student. Brother. Poet.

#WorldRefugeeDay: Student. Brother. Poet.

Jun 9, 2015 | Featured Story

“I left my home because of the war.” Hany, 21 years old: “Two years ago, I arrived with my family in Lebanon because of the war in my country. All I brought with me from Syria was my high school diploma and memories of happiness, friends, fun times, our...
A Syrian Family Counts its Blessings

A Syrian Family Counts its Blessings

Jun 1, 2015 | Featured Story

I meet a lot of refugees in the course of my work with UNHCR. Some open right up, cataloguing the hardships of life in exile, sharing concerns about their children’s future and even revealing marital problems. Once a woman dragged me to her tent and asked me to shout...

Lebanon: Little Omar Flies to Finland

May 28, 2015 | Video

“You know how children hit me now? When I start growing up, I can defend myself.” Omar and his sister Majid were born in Syria with a growth-hormone deficiency—the result of a dysfunctional pituitary gland. Neither can grow without continuous hormone and vitamin...

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