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How Thailand’s grassroots organizations are working to end statelessness
Community volunteers are helping stateless people in ethnic minority villages navigate the complex process of applying for nationality. By Apipar Norapoompipat in Chiang Mai, Thailand | 04 November 2022 | Français Tucked away in rolling green mountains some 60...
Returned refugees break ground at South Sudan farm cooperative
Looking to build a secure future, returning refugees are working alongside local residents to turn a 250-acre plot of bushland into a productive farm.
Henriquez Partners Architects supports refugee scholars to reach new heights
For refugees, higher education is the route to labour markets and economic self-sufficiency – Thanks to Henriquez Partners Architects more young people will now have the opportunity to expand their employment prospects, improve their wellbeing, and reach their goals.
Data shows impacts of rising prices and shrinking aid on forcibly displaced people
A new data visualization reveals how the ripple effects of the Ukraine war are impacting refugees and internally displaced people in parts of the world far from the media spotlight.
Displaced women in South Sudan work to hold back floodwaters
Armed only with buckets and determination, hundreds of displaced women worked to clear the road which is a lifeline between their camp and the city of Bentiu.
Weary of men’s wars, South Sudan’s women risk all for peace
Their sons and brothers got caught up in the bush wars roiling the world’s youngest country, so the women decided to bring them home.
To the refugee father I only met once, but whose story changed my life
Solenn, 25, who was born and raised in France, had never met her dad, a refugee from Iraq who fled persecution on the basis of his religion in the 1980s, until one day which changed her life a year ago.
Thirty years of hope and higher education for refugees in West Africa
For the last three decades, DAFI scholarships have given refugees the chance to earn a university degree, providing the gifts of education, hope and a brighter future.
Insecurity and COVID-19 fuel refugee mental health concerns in Libya
The pandemic and recent security crackdowns have taken a high toll on the mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers, but UNHCR programmes are helping to make a difference.
Back to basics cookery show helps refugees in Algeria amid food crisis
In response to ration cuts and rising prices, Sahrawi refugees are watching an unusual cookery show to help them prepare nutritious meals with only a few ingredients.
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