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UNHCR and the European Union launch 360-degree interactive film on Venezuelan displacement in Ecuador
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the European Union launched today an innovative 360-degree interactive film that tells the story of a young woman from Venezuela who fled from her country in search of safety in Ecuador. [button...
FC Barcelona and UNHCR unite for forcibly displaced children worldwide
For the next four football seasons, FC Barcelona and its Foundation will support programmes for displaced children and those who host them Geneva – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, along with its National Association in Spain, Spain for UNHCR, are proud to announce today...
UNHCR partners with FC Barcelona to bring the power of sport to displaced children
By UNHCR Staff Football might be the world’s favourite game. But for children – especially those uprooted due to war, violence and persecution – it can also be a lifeline. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, along with its National Association in Spain, ACNUR Comité...
News comment: Without international solidarity, Ukraine’s displacement crisis could turn into catastrophe
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi Since 24 February, millions have been living through the horror of war in Ukraine. In a month, many civilians have lost their lives, with thousands more injured. Families have been torn apart. Without an...
Polish border town welcomes refugees from Ukraine, but will itself need help
‘These refugees have lost almost everything. We need to help them. Even if that means we’ll have to learn to live with less,’ says mayor of Medyka, a primary crossing point for refugees. By Matthew Saltmarsh in Medyka, Poland Marek Iwasieczko has been averaging just...
Imagining Syria
With nearly two million Syrian refugee children aged 11 or under having little or no memory of home, we asked some of them to draw what Syria means to them. As the crisis in Syria enters its twelfth year, an entire generation of Syrian children are growing up as...
Young people in Myanmar’s Rakhine State tackle ethnic divisions
By Reuben Lim Wende in Sittwe, Myanmar Youth groups made up of Rakhine and Rohingya members are coming up with solutions to shared challenges in Myanmar’s ethnically divided Rakhine State. On a blue-sky winter’s day in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, hundreds of...
Local Canadian Businesses Fundraise for Ukraine
As the situation in Ukraine unfolds and the refugee crisis grows to over 3 million people, many of us are feeling helpless and asking what can I do?
One year after Palma attacks, thousands continue to flee violence in northern Mozambique
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – 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 alarmed by the ongoing violence in northern Mozambique’s...
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian...
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