Stories of Courage and Healing: Speaking Out on Gender-Based Violence in Central America
Gender-based violence is one of the main factors driving women, girls and members of the LGBTQ+ community to flee their homes in Central America. At the same time, it is one of the key risks they face in their search for safety. By Jacky Habib with files from Caro...
‘I’m not going to hide what I am anymore’
When a criminal gang targeted Ana and Paula’s* teenage daughter and son, the family ran for their lives. By Tim Gaynor in rural Mexico In the hardscrabble neighbourhood where her family lived in Honduras, criminal gang members took note when Paula’s daughter reached...
Displaced choir leader founds refugee orchestra in Chile
Former choir director Ana Marvez could not stand to see the musical skills of her fellow Venezuelans go to waste in their host country. So, she started an orchestra. By Stephanie Rabi Misle in Santiago, Chile One of the most wrenching aspects of being forced to leave...
Colombian child rights defender wins UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award
This year’s laureate of the Nansen Refugee Award – a humanitarian prize given annually by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency – is an educator who has spent more than 20 years rescuing sexually exploited and trafficked children, many of them refugees. Mayerlín...
Global Refugee Statistics
Global Refugee Statistics Find the latest data and statistics on global displacement. Photo: © UNHCR/Sylvain Cherkaoui An unprecedented 100 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are 27.1 million refugees, around 41 per cent...
Death threats drive refugees to flee coronavirus lockdown
For many Central Americans who find themselves targeted by brutal street gangs, fleeing is the only option, even during the COVID-19 outbreak. By Pierre-Marc René in Tapachula, Mexico Amid the coronavirus pandemic, one strategy has emerged as the best way to curb...
Mohamad Fakih gives a voice to the displaced people of Central America
By UNHCR Staff During his recent visit to Mexico, the Founder and CEO of Paramount Fine Foods found resilient people from the North of Central America (NCA) region who were forced to leave everything behind. But in Saltillo, these women, children and men are now...
Getting your life back in Mexico after fleeing gang violence
A rapidly increasing number of women, children and men from the North of Central America are finding in Mexico the opportunity to be safe and rebuild their life. Has Canada a role to play? By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative in Canada I am just coming back...