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For displaced Syrian hairdresser, a chance to start over
23 Mar 2016 UNHCR small business grant programme aims to give 400 displaced people within Syria a chance to start over this year. -
More than one million refugees travel to Greece since 2015
16 Mar 2016 UNHCR says latest milestone an urgent reminder of need for more coordinated approach to manage influx. -
UNHCR Special Envoy calls for leadership to address Syria crisis
15 Mar 2016 Angelina Jolie Pitt urges governments to show leadership on Syrian and wider global refugee crisis during visit to Lebanon. -
Syria conflict at five years
15 Mar 2016 The biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time demands a huge surge in solidarity. -
Driven from their land, Syrian farmers scavenge to survive
14 Mar 2016 As Syria's bloody war enters its sixth year, those fleeing violence in conflict affected areas frequently endure poor living conditions. -
UNHCR expresses concern over EU-Turkey plan
11 Mar 2016 United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi warns on legality of blanket returns of anyone from one country to another without spelling out protection safeguards. -
Syrian actor's real-life drama has happy ending in Vienna
11 Mar 2016 Theatre's smell of freedom helped Syrian actor find new life in Austria -
Doctors face uphill task to treat Syria's mental wounds
11 Mar 2016 Five years of brutal conflict have caused a sharp rise in psychological trauma affecting Syrians, with fewer psychiatrists on hand to treat them. -
Hopes fade for new Syrian friends camped at Greek border
4 Mar 2016 A group of seven Syrian refugee families, once strangers, arrived on the Greek islands together and are still together.