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The latest stories from UNHCR.
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We take special care to bring you the latest refugee news and stories of the men, women and children we help each day.
As more people flee conflict in Sudan, conditions at South Sudan border deteriorate
Those fleeing Sudan are arriving to remote parts of northern South Sudan where humanitarian organizations are struggling to provide emergency aid during the height of the rainy season.
Young doctor displaced by Sudan’s conflict helps others forced to flee
Once a promising young doctor in Khartoum, Razan now lives in a makeshift camp for people displaced by Sudan’s conflict, where she is using her skills to help her community.
Refugees and locals join hands to restore the environment in Rwanda
Congolese refugees in Kigeme camp are working with Rwandans to plant trees to protect the soil and participate in environmental rehabilitation efforts.
Resettled Syrian refugee family thrives in Portuguese college town
Students, faculty, and locals in a small Portugal city coalesced around the Albakkars, helping ease the resettled family’s transition and making them feel welcome.
Afghanistan’s women carpet weavers thrown an economic lifeline
A UNHCR-supported carpet weaving and processing centre will provide new jobs and better working conditions for former refugee and displaced Afghan women.
Hope for Pemba community as they gain recognition as Kenyan citizens
Barke Hamisi always felt she was a Kenyan, until her first encounter with the stigma of statelessness. Nearly three decades later, she can finally say, “I belong.”
Q&A: ‘We need to celebrate the courage of aid workers who continue to deliver’
As a staff counsellor, George Obiero supports UNHCR colleagues responding to emergencies in Sudan and beyond, helping them to navigate the ‘unique challenges of their work.’
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands
The Pemón people are the guardians of an immense nature reserve in southeastern Venezuela. But poverty is pushing many off their traditional lands.
Syrian refugee family starts over again in Spain after Türkiye earthquakes
Six months after losing everything during the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye, a Syrian refugee family are making a new life in the Spanish city of Seville.
Families fleeing insecurity in DR Congo make neighbouring Republic of the Congo their new home
In Ngabé, local residents share what little they have with refugees from the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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