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“Despite her horrific story, there is no trace of hatred in her eyes.” Olivier met Aisha while visiting a refugee camp in Burkina Faso…
Sara Khojoyan tells the positive tale of Ani who believes life is about fighting for a better future and allowing your children to dream.
A key hangs above a Palestinian refugee camp signifying hope that one day these refugees will be able to return home…
“Before I left El Bekaa, I hugged Rawaa tightly and even thought of taking her with me so I could protect her from the unknown that she will be facing.”
I was working as a journalist in Syria. In 2004, although it was very successful, we were forced to go underground due to censorship…
Marina met Tayiba in Bangkok. They couldn’t communicate, but Tayiba’s warm smile made Marina understand her story…
Cyprian photographer Achilleas Zavallis met Syrian Abo Akram and his family after their house was destroyed; they are supported just by the kindness of people…
Photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi writes about his experience in covering boat arrivals to Malta in 2014…
West and Central Africa Correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation tells how the sound of a girl’s choir carries hope…
Photojournalist Adelin Petrisor met Ibo, a Somali refugee girl, in Tunisia when she was only seven months old…
Photographer Sebastian Rich reflects on his craft, and is glad to realize there are good people that do succeed in bringing happiness and a safe haven to refugees…
Although the stories were still overwhelmingly of sufferings and exploitations, it was also about young men and women taking charge and coping with adversities.
There were stories of strength and resilience, but it was a story of fragility and vulnerability that was the most touching in its bare honesty.
“A busy little toddler, Malak was born five days after the Syrian crisis began… she has spent her entire life in a refugee camp”.
Photographer Kalpesh Lathigra visited Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. He has witnessed the simple care, love and attention…
“This picture is not about failure but represents the will to live,” says Frédéric, who met this child in Cameroon.
ABC’s Foreign Correspondent Sophie McNeil met this inspirational mother and teacher, who refuses to be defeated.
Stephen Kelly, a photojournalist was given the assignment to photograph each family holding the most important item they were able to carry with them when they fled their homes.
Political analyst and researcher Sergio Aguayo, who was also displaced from his hometown in Guadalajara, Mexico, tells us about an incident he witnessed in Puerto Rico…
In an effort to better understand the complex realities of refugee life, we recently spent one month living alongside displaced families in the Za’atari refugee camp.
“With no place to go, the millions urban refugees from Pakistan’s tribal belt are the forgotten victims of an unseen war.”
Photojournalist Andrew McConnell meets Lanier Lovely, a young woman who was displaced by the earthquake in Haiti…
Photojournalist Andrew McConnell meets Minatu Lanadas Suidat, a young journalist who was born in a refugee camp…
Photojournalist Shawn Baldwin met Syrian refugee and UNHCR volunteer Loula Al Hamoud in Chekka, Lebanon…
Maria Calle, Colombian journalist at semana.com, tells Erleindy’s story and is impressed by her definition of displaced persons…
Phil Behan photographed a refugee family travelling back home and visiting the Nopu Camp in Thailand.
The testimonial of Fane is tragic but acts as an important record of events …
Despite all the difficulties the Mazmanyans family faces, they do not think of moving to another country. They can feel safe in their new homeland, and this is the most important thing in life…
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.
Photographer Sebastian Rich reflects on his craft after being moved by a little girl’s innocence…
The Johannesburg methodist church is not just any church. Yes, it has its routine mass, Sunday morning services and religious images, but above all it has become a shelter for refugees in Johannesburg.
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