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IKEA campaign offers brighter future for Syrian refugees
30 Nov 2015 Proceeds of Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign will fund construction of a solar farm to transform lives in Jordan's remote Azraq camp -
New friendships for first-time Syrian cyclists in Berlin
25 Nov 2015 Shiraz, a Syrian asylum-seeker from Aleppo, is learning how to cycle so she can get around like the locals in her new home in Germany. -
UNHCR flags problems at crossings from Greece to the Balkans
24 Nov 2015 New and uncoordinated restrictions at some borders in the region leave 1,000 people stranded and prompt some to protest by sewing their mouths shut. -
Debt a growing burden for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
20 Nov 2015 Nearly 90 percent of more than one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are trapped in debt according to the findings of a recent survey by UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP. -
Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos
20 Nov 2015 Amena Yusufi, 21, puts her knowledge of five languages to use interpreting for refugees and medical teams in a tent on the Greek Island of Lesvos -
After Paris attacks, refugees should not be turned into scapegoats
17 Nov 2015 UNHCR concerned at reports attacker may have entered Europe in current influx, but stresses overwhelming majority are fleeing persecution and conflict -
Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport
17 Nov 2015 Berlin Tempelhof Airport provides temporary home to 2,000 asylum seekers, including 500 children, as their claims are assessed. -
UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
17 Nov 2015 Guterres urges European Governments not to make any unilateral moves in the aftermath of recent attacks, but to find a united response -
Some 3,300 people a day still arriving on Lesvos
13 Nov 2015 Despite dangerous sea conditions and the approach of winter, the number of refugees and migrants arriving each day remains high.