![Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/637217213.png)
![Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/637217213.png)
![UN Refugee Agency warns of extreme hardship for forcibly displaced families this winter](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/604ba0273.png)
UN Refugee Agency warns of extreme hardship for forcibly displaced families this winter
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Millions of people from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East displaced by conflict...![UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner urges strong international support for Burundian refugees to return, rebuild their lives](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6362a0ef4.jpeg)
UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner urges strong international support for Burundian refugees to return, rebuild their lives
During her first visit to Burundi, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements urged for increased international support to areas and communities where Burundian refugees are opting to return home. More than 200,000 Burundian refugees have returned from...![UNHCR congratulates the Olympic Refuge Foundation and the Refugee Olympic Team on 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/635bb19a4.jpeg)
UNHCR congratulates the Olympic Refuge Foundation and the Refugee Olympic Team on 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
MADRID – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today extended UNHCR’s heartfelt congratulations to the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) and the Refugee Olympic Team on receiving one of Spain’s most prestigious awards. The Princess of Asturias Award for...![Returned refugees break ground at South Sudan farm cooperative](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/unhcr-10.28-blog-feature-1080x632.jpg)
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. By Tim Gaynor in Magwi, South Sudan With wet season rains just days away, a group of farm workers race to...![To the refugee father I only met once, but whose story changed my life](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/634d57ff19.png)
To the refugee father I only met once, but whose story changed my life
In this occasional series, we will feature letters from people to refugees who have shaped their lives 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...![UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/633c1f3d4.jpeg)
UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education
Geneva – For the last 30 years, the German-backed DAFI scholarship programme has helped transform the lives and prospects of numerous young displaced people, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today as it urged more investment in access to higher education for...![Thirty years of hope and higher education for refugees in West Africa](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/634d551b3.png)
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 After surviving a brutal rebel assault on the church where she worshipped, Ornella Banam escaped the...![Refugees need better mental health support amid rising displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/5e21efc51.png)
Refugees need better mental health support amid rising displacement
GENEVA – Refugees demonstrate great resilience in the face of life-altering circumstances but need increased support for mental health services, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said. According to new figures out this week, UNHCR provided mental health and psychosocial...![Insecurity and COVID-19 fuel refugee mental health concerns in Libya](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/633d93e84.png)