Afghan youth pursues his design dream at college in Belgrade
Sami Rasuli aimed for Italy but Serbia is giving him the practical grounding he needs for a career in fashion
Legends of Pirates
Shezad K. is 16. He fled Afghanistan two years ago. Back home, he witnessed his family perish before his eyes, and after many years of struggling on his own in the unsafe streets of his hometown, had to flee to seek international protection. On arrival to Serbia, with...
Blocked on road to EU, family considers Bosnia for asylum
At the doorstep of the EU, where thousands of asylum seekers are prevented from journeying onwards, one Afghan family have decided to call a halt and invest their hopes for a new life in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It’s time to make education a priority
Limited access to education magnifies the challenges of life in exile – finding work, staying healthy, holding on to dignity and hope. It also limits the potential of refugee women and girls to rebuild their lives, protect themselves against abuse and take a lead in...
UNHCR Advocates for Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons
Avni a 38-year-old, seems to be very happy. “I have my own house, a place where I can stay with my family”, he told UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Avni started a new life in his new house in Fushë Kosovë (Kosovo Polje). There is still no garden in front of his house...
The girl who has never traveled farther than Skopje
For some of Lirije’s friends, the sky is the limit. For Lirije, the limit has been Skopje all her life.
Syrian refugee couple find new hope and freedom through art
An exhibition of drawings by artists Shergo Musa and Nazli Abdou in Skopje portrays the experiences, hopes and fears of their family and fellow refugees.
Every Child has the Right to a Birth Certificate
Right to a birth registration, the importance and the rights arising from the possession of documentation
Chasing EU dream in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cheman Khedr Ali, a 34-year-old math and science teacher from Erbil, Iraq is traveling with her four children, two daughters, and two sons, in their quest to seek a better life in Europe. “In Erbil, the city where I come from, we don’t feel safe anymore, and live in...
Together again
Shafiq decided to flee Afghanistan when a man showed up at his workshop and threatened to kill them all if the family did not give him their daughter, who was only thirteen, to repay a family debt. The family travelled to Turkey then crossed the sea to Greece before...
Students create cartoons in solidarity with refugees
Seven enthusiastic students from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje joined the project called Now a Refugee – Always Human and decided to help refugees by doing what they do best: draw and write. The UNHCR Skopje awareness raising project Now a Refugee –...
I don’t feel like a foreigner here
Twenty-nine year old Sutki Sokolovski has been stateless since birth. His tragic story, complicated by many difficult life events, started with a blank citizenship field in his birth certificate which would cause many missed opportunities later in his life. Sutki was...