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StoriesVenezuelan asylum-seekers strengthen Brazil's workforce
An innovative voluntary relocation programme helps Venezuelans and their hosts thrive in cities like São Paulo and Brasilia.
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StoriesMIT workshop teaches refugee children joys of digital design
Teenaged asylum-seekers in Athens are hooked on classes that show them how to use technology to express their creativity.
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NewsRefugees help French town to victory in cricket tournament
A French cricket team, which includes refugees and asylum-seekers, has won an international championship in France.
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Concerned for civilians in Yemen, UNHCR echoes calls for continued restraint
UNHCR names HRH Princess Sarah Zeid and Venerable Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi as its first Patrons
Helena Christensen urges support for world's most underfunded refugee crisis
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More suffering for the people of Syria
The recent escalation of conflict around Eastern Ghouta, Idlib and Afrin is once again forcing Syrian families to flee their homes. They cannot access basic services, are struggling to get food, housing, healthcare and other basic essentials for their families.
UNHCR is on the ground doing all we can to reach and protect them but we can't do this alone.
$10
could provide mattresses to prevent a family from sleeping on the ground
$20
could provide fleece blankets to keep 2 refugees warm at night
$30
could provide essential kitchen set to enable 2 families to prepare food
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Refugee Olympic Team to compete at Tokyo 2020
International Olympic Committee announces a refugee team will again compete, following historic debut at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Standing by its commitments to ever greater transparency, UNHCR has now joined the community of publishers in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).
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Cash assistance gives refugees the power of choice
UNHCR is expanding cash-based assistance so that the millions of people that it serves can meet their needs in dignity and are protected.