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![Three generations of the Deng family, including Ayuel, 43, his […]](/20151216154924im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/54919c976.jpg)
Down Through the Generations, Conflict Forces Flight in South Sudan
In what is now South Sudan, families have been fleeing fighting for generations since conflict first erupted there in 1955. The Sudan War ended in 1972, then flared up again in 1983 and dragged on for 22 years to the peace deal in 2005 that led to the south's independence from Sudan in 2011.
But the […]
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![A young Afghan man waits in an abandoned brick factory in Subotica, […]](/20151216154924im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/54998f716.jpg)
Life in the Shadows: People Smuggling at the European Union's Edge
So far this year, nearly 200,000 people have entered the European Union (EU) through irregular routes - many undertaking life-threatening journeys across the Mediterranean. At the fringes of the EU recently, on either side of the border between Hungary and Serbia, several Afghans and Syrians explained […]
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![Mazhar, 26, eats a meal provided by a local charity in Calais. […]](/20151216154924im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/548efd206.jpg)
Cold, Uncomfortable and Hungry in Calais
For years, migrants and asylum-seekers have flocked to the northern French port of Calais in hopes of crossing the short stretch of sea to find work and a better life in England. This hope drives many to endure squalid, miserable conditions in makeshift camps, lack of food and freezing temperatures. […]
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![The Khawan family walks through their new hometown, Wächtersbach, […]](/20151216154924im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/5486cf986.jpg)
Abdu finds his voice in Germany
When bombs started raining down on Aleppo, Syria, in 2012, the Khawan family had to flee. According to Ahmad, the husband of Najwa and father of their two children, the town was in ruins within 24 hours.
The family fled to Lebanon where they shared a small flat with Ahmad's two brothers and sisters […]
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Human Misery in Katanga Province's Triangle of Death
People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga province have long referred to the region between the towns of Manono, Mitwaba and Pweto as the "triangle of death." Despite the presence of UN peace-keepers and government military successes in other parts of the country, the situation in the […]
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