Stories

A new approach to emergencies takes root in Africa

On her first mission to Africa as the UN's Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Kelly T. Clements found lessons for managing the global refugee crisis.

15 Dec 2015

War and hunger drive South Sudan displacement

Two years of fighting kept farmers from their fields. Now chronic hunger is forcing increasing numbers of people to make risky journeys in search of help.

11 Dec 2015

Nakout's great escape

Having survived life as a sex slave, a daring escape from her captors and a gruelling journey across land and sea, Nakout is stopped in her tracks in northern Greece.

10 Dec 2015

2015: The year of Europe's refugee crisis

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. Here are seven key events in this unfolding drama.

8 Dec 2015

The colour of sorrow

Lina fled Syria when snipers gunned down her teenage son. Now a refugee in Jordan, she is drawing strength from her art.

2 Dec 2015

Once a refugee, now a helping hand

A police commander, a farmer and a teacher who once fled war in the Balkans are among those helping refugees and migrants crossing into Croatia.

30 Nov 2015

A teenage refugee champions girls' education

A passionate advocate for the education of girls and young women in Jordan's refugee camps, Muzon has been hailed as Syria's answer to Malala.

25 Nov 2015

The Keleti Passage

An art project in Hungary showcases refugees and volunteers whose lives intersected at Budapest's central train station.

23 Nov 2015

Lesvos: Crossing to safety

As thousands of refugees land daily on the Greek island of Lesvos, world-renowned photographer Giles Duley documents the relief and suffering of reaching dry land.

19 Nov 2015