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Our Christmas wish this year? #FamiliesTogether

How would you feel if you had been separated from your spouse or your children – and didn’t know whether you would ever be able to see them again? This is the harsh reality for many refugee families.
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UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history

2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today.
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75 Years of the United Nations – and UNHCR being more important than ever

On 24 October 2020, the United Nations celebrates 75 years of maintaining international peace, promoting human rights, and tackling the most pressing global challenges. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has been playing a vital role in these efforts, and is more important than ever.
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How climate change is multiplying risks for displacement

News and stories 03.12.2020

UNHCR and UNICEF jointly raise awareness in Norway about refugee children

Norwegian News 01.12.2020

Iceland provides vital support to the urgent displacement crisis in the Sahel

News and stories 27.11.2020

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Explainer: Relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece to other EU countries

Some 1,600 unaccompanied children living as asylum-seekers in harsh conditions on the Greek Islands are being relocated to 11 European Union countries. Here’s how the process works.

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Coronavirus Emergency

As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly around the world, displaced families are at serious risk.

This virus does not discriminate, and hits the vulnerable hardest.

Displaced families desperately need your help. Please donate today.

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Your help could fund:

emergency hygiene packs to help refugees stay clean and safe
provide soap to vulnerable families
provide essential medicine to refugees
provide basic and emergency healthcare services to refugees.

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17 overlooked ways refugees are leading on sustainable development

Around the world, displaced and stateless people are taking action to halt climate change, achieve gender equity and solve other complex problems. The COVID-19 pandemic is not about to stop them.