Olympic Refuge Foundation: Sport can offer hope to displaced communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Joint IOC/UNHCR press release The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) today highlighted how sport can help build resilience and boost the mental health of forcibly displaced young people, especially during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The ORF Chair and IOC President, Thomas...
As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight
Trained medics working as cashiers and wait staff want their qualifications recognized so they can save lives in the pandemic. By Sarah Schafer NEW YORK – When Lubab al-Quraishi heard that officials in New Jersey would allow internationally trained medical workers...
In their host countries, two LGBTI refugees from Venezuela start new lives
LGBTI refugees often face a long road to safety. But for a gay man and a transwoman from Venezuela, building new lives in their host countries represented a ‘rebirth.’ By Stephanie Rabi Misle in Santiago, Chile, and Victoria Hugueney in Brasília, Brazil For Valentinna...