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“We considered the government like our mother and father and expected it to help us, but it didn’t”.
I turn to see a pair of sad eyes looking up at me through the barbed wire fence. In that moment, I feel like I’ve learned the true meaning of complete heartbreak…
They came in search of the Promised Land. Hundreds perished off these rocks. AA Gill on the tragedy of the Africans who set sail for Europe.
“No human being would prefer losing her beloved country and being called a ‘refugee.’ Everyone would definitely return home if they could,...”
The night Mediatrice Kabasinga left her home in Rwanda, she didn’t know where she was heading. She was eight months pregnant with her second child and running for her life…
I thought there was no second chance, I thought the end was near, I thought my kids would not live to see the future every human being deserves.
Isaiah Labai was born in Sierra Leone and spent years in refugee camps until he received a breath of freedom through resettled in Australia
After almost a year of covering Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and at camps for the internally displaced in Syria, I finally witness a scene of joy.
“A one-hour journey turned to 14 hours of hell. As we were certain that we would drown, we were constantly pumping water out of the boat,…”
“It was like hell, blood everywhere”. A personal account of the Rwandan genocide.
i just wish for that day that day i wouldn't have sorrows days that were to be better tomorrows that day i will walk freely
Malachi’s poem for refugees, Kenya:
Hoping for the best
We are a group of journalists and news producers and we first met Tameru Zegeye in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. …
Aliir Aliir of the Sydney Swans can’t wipe the smile off his face. The first South Sudanese player to be recruited by an Australian Football League…
I came to Norway as an unaccompanied minor in 2012. The journey to Norway was long, and robbed me of my childhood…
I couldn’t bear the thought of losing my daughter. I had to flee alone with my two kids…
Join UNHCR, Actress Kat Graham and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a special musical performance in recognition of World Refugee Day.
My husband never took the status of refugee himself, but in Belgium he helped many Chilean refugees
I am Belgian. I met my future husband in 1975 at the Louvain University. He had to leave Chile because he was not allowed to continue his studies at the university in his country. He was a political activist in favour of Allende.
I am thankful for the helped we received, but being uprooted marks you for life.
My mom was a union leader and an activist for indigenous rights in Guatemala. Her fight against injustice and corruption resulted in her kidnapping…
“I will think about my options, but I’m certainly not going at sea again. I left for the future of my kids; I’m not going to die with them in the sea. Life is not over.”
“What I’d like most is an ID with my picture on it. I’ve never had one before,” he says. “I would work hard and go and find my daughter.”
I hope that my family and I can stay in Lebanon, and that we will be able to adapt to our new situation…
Maria’s harrowing testimony, and circumstances of the interview reminded me of the duty of care, the responsibility and obligation we have as photographers.
I have never worked or even known a refugee but ever since I started working with Myanmar Rohingya Muslims in a UNHCR school for refugee in Kulai, Johor, I realised that it is a huge challenge. We have children 16 years of age who can’t read or write but have the zeal to study. But this is a […]
Aduk Dau Duot fled from the civil war in South Sudan in 1983, and after spending time in Kakuma refugee camp was resettled to Australia. Despite losing her own family while fleeing, Aduk found herself caring for many unaccompanied South Sudanese children. Thanks to UNHCR Adut now lives in Australia and has been reunited with her family.
‘As I watch, figures appear out of the darkness, bent double under sacks… moving past us like heavy ghosts”. AA Gill goes among the Syrian refugees in Jordan’s Zaatari Camp.
Getting refugee status is like getting a new birth certificate. You have to start your life again and it’s not easy.
For me, the most frustrating thing is being on financial benefits and not being able to find a job. But that’s made me even more determined to re-qualify in my profession. I’ve now passed all my exams. I’m hopeful that I will be able to work here as a doctor soon.
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