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Empowering Women Refugees
To mark International Women's Day, UNHCR pays tribute to the strength and resilience of displaced women around the world.
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Escaping the Horrors of Home
Meet some of the thousands who have fled fighting in previously peaceful provinces in South Sudan, where militia are accused of killing, raping and looting.
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Refugees At Border Bottleneck
Thousands of men, women and children, mainly fleeing danger in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, run into barriers.
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Separated by the Sea
Hundreds, if not thousands, of refugee families in South-East Asia were separated by perilous sea journeys in 2015. Meet four of them.
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A Very Old Man in Za'atari
After living in Syria for more than a century, Yousef had to be convinced to flee the fighting and seek safety in Jordan.
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Calais - A way out
After months in a cold and muddy encampment known as 'the Jungle', some refugees are taking up France's offer of a journey to safety.
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The most important thing
They fled Angola nearly empty-handed. Now finally returning home, some after decades in exile, 11 refugees present their most cherished belongings.
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Syrian brothers together again
When he fled the war in Syria in 2014, Ali feared he might never see Ahmed again. But a UK court ruling has helped the brothers reunite in London.
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Welcome to New Bujumbura
Unable to bring their capital city with them when they fled Burundi, some refugees are creating a home away from home in Uganda.