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Filippo Grandi takes helm as UN High Commissioner for Refugees
GENEVA, Jan 4 (UNHCR)—Filippo Grandi, a UN official who has worked in refugee and political affairs in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began his five-year term as UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, succeeding António Guterres whose more than 10 years...![UNHCR battles cholera at world’s largest refugee complex](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12312015_cho.jpg)
UNHCR battles cholera at world’s largest refugee complex
DADAAB, Kenya, Dec 31 (UNHCR)—Health workers at the world’s largest refugee complex in Kenya are gaining the upper hand in battling a cholera outbreak that has killed 10 people and sickened around 1,000 others since it broke out last month amid rains linked to...![Laughter, antics help refugee kids rediscover childhood](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12302015_laughter.jpg)
Laughter, antics help refugee kids rediscover childhood
ERBIL, Iraq, Dec 30 (UNHCR)—A sense of excitement spread through the market area as dozens of children ran from their tents to find out where the music and laughter was coming from. It was a break from routine—the clowns were in town! The curious youngsters arrived to...![2015: The Year of Europe’s Refugee Crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12302015_1-million.jpg)
2015: The Year of Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. Here are seven key events in this unfolding drama. The influx of refugees and migrants to Europe reached staggering new levels this year, dominating...![IKEA campaign offers brighter future for Syrian refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11302015_IKEA.jpg)
IKEA campaign offers brighter future for Syrian refugees
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan, Nov 30 (UNHCR)—A planned solar farm is set to transform the lives of thousands of displaced Syrians living in Jordan’s barren northern desert, thanks to donations from IKEA’s Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign. The campaign...IKEA stores around the world to raise funds to brighten lives for refugees
The IKEA Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign returns to over 40 countries to raise millions of euros for refugees. Between November 29 and December 19, for every LED product sold in all IKEA stores and online, the IKEA Foundation will donate Є1 to help UNHCR, the UN...![UNHCR warns of “looming refugee crisis” in the Americas](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/10282015_america.jpg)
UNHCR warns of “looming refugee crisis” in the Americas
Oct 28 (UNHCR)—In late 2014, four members of a brutal street gang abducted Norma and took her to a cemetery nearby her home in El Salvador. Three of the four then raped her. She believes she was targeted because she was married to a police officer. “They took...UNHCR warns of looming refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico
Washington, D.C., 28 October 2015 (UNHCR)—Women in Central America and Mexico are fleeing their countries in rising numbers to escape a surge in deadly, unchecked gang violence, fuelling a looming refugee crisis in the Americas that demands urgent and concerted action...![More support needed for Somali refugees going back home from Kenya](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/08122015-Somali-Refugees.jpg)