Stories

Refugee women in Poland are refusing to stand by helplessly in the face of COVID-19 but producing masks to protect the whole community

While her school in Karlovac is closed due to Covid-19, a determined teacher keeps the doors of learning open by going online.

UNHCR and its partners in Croatia are turning to online solutions to reach the public and support refugees through the current health crisis

Syrian refugee Yara has developed a real bond with Katarina, a Croatian visual therapist who is helping her to overcome low-vision challenges

A Tajik family in Warsaw says thanks for a flat they could not have afforded to rent on the open market

Fareshta has received a grant that will relieve financial pressure and boost her chances of success on an IT course at university in Timișoara

In six years, Zuhra has learnt to speak Polish so well that she could recite a classic poem in a city-wide contest.

Bashir Khan from Afghanistan is glad to see his children getting a better education than he did thanks to their enrollment in a school in Bucharest.

UNHCR supplies virtual reality goggles to give Croatian teenagers a 3D experience of life in a refugee camp.

Politician Marcin Święcicki matched words with deeds when he and his wife took a refugee family into their home.

“Local, low-key, grassroots” – these are the watchwords of a Hungarian community foundation that seeks to include all foreigners, including refugees, in its activities

Ben Salam from Ivory Coast was stateless from birth but he only understood the full extent of his problem when he reached Europe. Slovakia finally helped him to solve it.