Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
GENEVA – Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and an advocate for ending statelessness – will be honoured as winners of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This year’s global...
Young Sudanese volunteer honoured for her selfless work supporting refugees in Egypt
Nada Fadol runs a youth-led community centre in Alexandria where forcibly displaced people receive free health-care services and skills training By Moulid Hujale in Alexandria On a recent Wednesday morning, a group of refugees, mainly men and women from Sudan and...
A mother’s struggle helps drive a national movement for legal identity in Nepal
Deepti Gurung won legal identity for her two undocumented daughters and is now a major force in a movement for constitutional change to prevent statelessness By Tristan McConnell in Kathmandu When Deepti Gurung laughs it is a full-bodied affair: eyes creased closed,...
Syrians escape bombings in Lebanon to the country they once fled
More than 250,000 people have crossed into Syria since the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon began two weeks ago. Seventy per cent of them are Syrians who had sought safety in Lebanon By Ola Kabalan and Houssam Hariri When Fadila Jasem Al-Ali fled Syria with her...
In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
DAMASCUS – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria. Grandi visited the border crossing at Jdeidet...
Escaping airstrikes in Eastern Ukraine: an 82-year-old’s journey to safety
With intensified hostilities in eastern regions of Ukraine, Nina Ryazantseva was among thousands of people who have fled or been evacuated from frontline communities in recent months By Chadi Ouanes As fighting raged around her village in the north of Ukraine’s...
UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon
BEIRUT – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon. Two weeks of deadly Israeli airstrikes have killed hundreds and forced over a million...
Displaced families in Lebanon yearn for peace and a return home
In Lebanon, UNHCR’s Grandi urges increased international support and an immediate ceasefire to ease the plight of some 1.2 million people displaced by deadly airstrikes By Dalal Harb and Houssam Hariri At a school in the Burj Hammoud neighbourhood of the Lebanese...