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Award-winning artist K’naan releases new song honouring refugees
In his first new recording for more than a decade, singer-songwriter who fled Mogadishu as a child says he wanted the song to feel ‘like a home for those of us made homeless by conflict.’
Indigenous Venezuelan teacher encourages school enrolment of Warao children in Brazil
The community leader Daisy Perez works to ensure education for indigenous refugee and migrant children in Manaus
Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict find safety in South Sudan
Thousands of Sudanese refugees who arrived at UNHCR’s transit centre in Renk are being transported to refugee camps in Maban county in Upper Nile State.
South Sudan’s hostages of the climate emergency
For people living with year-round flooding in Bentiu in northern South Sudan, climate change is not just an environmental issue, it is a challenge to their very existence.
Thriving refugee farm cooperative gives hope in Kenya’s Kakuma camp
Kenya’s increasingly inclusive policies are giving refugees the opportunity to not only rebuild their lives but also to thrive and give back to their host community.
Live blog 2023: World Refugee Day celebrates the power of inclusion
Welcome to the World Refugee Day 2023 live blog, bringing you stories and events from around the globe showcasing the talents and resilience of refugees and the generous communities hosting them.
Refugees are experts at creating hope and better futures, given the chance
To mark World Refugee Day, US-based refugee leader Dauda Sesay describes how inclusion and empowerment hold the key to helping refugees find a sense of hope away from home.
Fighting for her dreams: female Afghan judoka builds a new life in Canada
“I want to help refugees through sports because when I was a refugee, it was like a safe haven for me. It really helped me to find myself.”
For stateless people, there is no alternative to winning this fight
After winning her own legal battle against statelessness, Nepali lawyer and activist Neha Gurung is advocating for global reform to gender biased citizenship laws.
Sudanese refugees in Chad moved to safety away from border
As Sudanese refugees continue to cross into Chad, UNHCR has started relocating them away from the border to existing camps.
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