Hopeful Central African refugees return home from DR Congo
By Claris Achu in Gbadolite, the Democratic Republic of the Congo After fleeing violence and spending years living in camps, UNHCR is easing the route home for thousands of refugees from CAR who are choosing to return to safer areas. Dressed in an embroidered African...
Ukraine crisis creates new trafficking risks
By Kristy Siegfried in Rzeszów, Poland As millions of refugees flee Ukraine, aid agencies are raising the alarm about the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse and human trafficking. At the border post in Medyka, Poland, a steady stream of exhausted refugees...
Cash offers a lifeline to refugees from Ukraine arriving in Poland
By Kristy Siegfried in Warsaw, Poland Cash assistance is allowing refugees from Ukraine to make their own decisions about what they need most after arriving in Poland and other countries in the region. Eleven days after the war in Ukraine started, a bomb fell on the...