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More support needed for refugee education in Iran
UNHCR welcomes Brazil's decision to recognize thousands of Venezuelans as refugees
UNHCR statement on Australia's repeal of Medevac legislation
Donors pledge US$1.2 billion funding to UNHCR for refugee protection and humanitarian programmes
UNHCR outraged at senseless attacks on humanitarians in South Sudan
UN High Commissioner for Refugees starts visit to Central African Republic, welcoming home refugees
Latest Stories
Displaced Central Africans wait for life to begin again
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi listens to internally displaced people in Bambari and calls for a redoubled effort to help them go home.
'Hello Soho, this is Irbil calling': Bringing refugee stories into the classroom
A new programme enables refugees from around the world to talk to students by video.
A joyous return for Central African refugees after years in exile
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi greets a fourth group of refugees returning to the Central African Republic.
Taking on traffickers at the world's largest refugee site
UNHCR works closely with Bangladesh authorities to protect vulnerable Rohingya refugees from abduction and human trafficking at Kutupalong refugee settlement.
Returning to ruins, displaced Iraqi farmers find help to rebuild
Displaced for two years following ISIS advance in 2014, returning Iraqis in Yathrib benefit from irrigation and home rehabilitation projects to reestablish their farms.
HIV positive refugees support one another in Uganda
Refugees from South Sudan find mutual support and life-saving health care at Imvepi refugee settlement.
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'I stopped by your house in Syria today, but no one was home'
After nearly eight years of war, I paid a visit to the house where my friend Hani Al Moulia grew up. Like vast parts of his hometown, it was in a state of ruin. That night, I wrote Hani a letter:
Venezuelans risk life and limb to seek help in Colombia
Refugees and migrants brave floods, bandits and treacherous footpaths in a desperate search for food, medicine and safety in Cúcuta.
UNHCR aid for Cyclone Idai survivors arrives in Mozambique
An aircraft carrying tents, tarpaulins, mosquito nets, solar lanterns and other vital relief lands in Mozambique to support 10,000 survivors.