LA Lakers’ Wenyen Gabriel visits homeland of South Sudan with UNHCR, to ‘speak up for refugees and displaced people everywhere’
“I want people to know about South Sudan. I always wanted to go back, and I am happy I’ve made it here.” LA Lakers’ Power Forward and former refugee Wenyen Gabriel is in South Sudan this week, visiting his homeland for the first time since being resettled to the US at...
UNHCR gravely concerned by death toll of displaced in DR Congo’s east
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – 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 saddened and gravely concerned by the...
War uproots Ukrainian widow from lifelong home in Mykolaiv
After the house she built with her late husband went from sanctuary to bomb shelter, 83-year-old Svetlana left her beloved garden behind to seek safety as a refugee By Roger Burks in Chisinau, Moldova When Svetlana closes her eyes, she can still see the flowers that...