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...
Brick by brick: Students’ policy ideas to help refugees make their way to the real UN
At first, it looked like a room full of diplomats. Hundreds of smartly dressed people raising placards with country names. Small groups holding peace talks in the corner. Notes passed quietly from one person to the next. But actually it was a room full of secondary...