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NewsAs Mosul offensive approaches, UNHCR planning intensifies
At least 700,000 residents from Iraq's second city and surrounding areas will need urgent assistance in the form of food, shelter water and medical support.
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StoriesUnaccompanied children in Calais cultivate a world away from home
A centre for young refugees in Saint-Omer offers shelter and protection, as well as the chance to enjoy being children again.
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NewsFear and shortages as Boko Haram displaced return to ruins
Around 70,000 people have found destruction, insecurity and scarcity on arrival in Gwoza, a city liberated earlier this year from militants in northern Nigeria.
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NewsNumber fleeing Burundi to neighbouring countries tops 300,000
Reception capacities in host countries Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are severely overstretched, UNHCR warns.
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NewsUNHCR welcomes new finance instrument to aid refugees and hosts
The World Bank's Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) will help secure needed financing to support refugees and hosts in middle-income countries.
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UNHCR sounds warning over situation in South Sudan's Yei
After a year of restrictions, people in eastern Ukraine face alarming hardships crossing contact line
2016 Nansen Award winner pays respects to refugees lost at sea
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UN Summit commits to protect refugee, migrant rights
UN General Assembly Summit for Refugees and Migrants adopts key commitments to safeguard those on the move.
Talk, or the water will break your heart
Volunteers for 2016 Nansen Refugee Award Winners Hellenic Rescue team share their experience of a traumatic year.
We Believe in Youth
The final report from our 2015-2016 Global Youth Consultation attests to the value and urgency of transforming humanitarian action with and for young people.
Missing Out: Refugee Education in Crisis
Opportunities to learn diminish greatly when children are forced to flee their homes and as they grow older, a troubling new report from UNHCR has found.
Displaced Syrian swimmer makes a splash at 2016 Paralympic Games
While Ibrahim Al-Hussein did not make it through to the final of the 100 metre freestyle, competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games was a "dream come true."