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NewsUN Refugee Chief urges states to support fairer response to refugee crises
At UN General Assembly, Filippo Grandi called on member states to get behind a new global compact on refugees.
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StoriesPolish city gives Syrian poet peace and space to speak out
Poet Kholoud Charaf is using a two-year residency in Kraków to highlight the suffering of those forced to flee the conflict in her homeland.
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NewsTents bring Indonesia quake survivors out of the rain
UNHCR delivery gives shelter to some 10,000 children, women and men who lost homes when a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Sulawesi last month.
UNHCR urges Greece to accelerate emergency measures to address conditions on Samos and Lesvos
2,000 lives and counting: Mediterranean death toll in 2018
Aid convoy offers brief respite for Syrians at Jordan border
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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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