Stories Archives
We provide a wide range of information about the UN Refugee Agency, including stories by our staff written from some of the world’s most remote locations. Please visit this page regularly.
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From War in Syria to Cannes and Oscars’ Red Carpets
7 Jun 2019Zain was attending Cannes for the leading role he played in the movie “Capharnaum”, which won the Grand Jury Prize.
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Iran helps Afghan refugees to survive and thrive
25 Apr 2019Esfahan/Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Eight years on, Syrian refugees weigh thorny question of return
9 Mar 2019Abdulhay, like the war in Syria, is eight years old. His family are among the millions of refugees wondering what their future holds.
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UN convoy supports vulnerable, displaced people in Rukban
28 Feb 2019The United Nations with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are carrying out the largest humanitarian convoy to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to the people at Rukban makeshift settlement.
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Shih Wing Ching Visits Refugees in Iran with UNHCR – UNHCR Iran Mission Media Gathering
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When a child becomes a parent
21 Jan 2019In the absence of parents, many refugee children barely old enough to know how to light a fire, are forced to act as father and mother to even younger, grief-stricken children.
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Refugee children want to “feel like human beings” again
17 Jan 2019In a camp where most refugees are children and many are orphans, finding happiness is easier than you think.
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South Sudan: When Bullets Fly
7 Jan 2019There is no time to think when gunfire erupts. Especially when you are a 12-year-old child.
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Bangladesh: A farmer opens his farm and his heart to hundreds of Rohingya refugees
5 Sep 2018Seeing so many ordinary people in distress, farmer Akhter Hossain and his wife Nargis Begum listened to their hearts and opened their doors.
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The Most Important Thing
30 Aug 2018If conflict tore your country apart and forced you to run for your life, what would you bring with you?