Eight refugees fighting for the planet
Far from home these refugees are still doing their part to combat climate change “Our house is on fire — let’s act like it.” This is the picture youth activist Greta Thunberg paints on the global climate crisis, which may well be the defining fight of our lifetime. It...
Trans woman defies danger to champion LGBTI rights in El Salvador
Bianka Rodríguez, named regional winner for the Americas for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, champions the transgender community’s rights. By Jenny Barchfield in San Salvador, El Salvador Bianka Rodríguez was leaving a San Salvador shopping centre when a man with a...
Amid rising xenophobic attacks in South Africa, UNHCR ramps up aid for refugees, calls for urgent action
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is deeply concerned about recurring violence against...