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Give the Rohingya hope for a future, urges UNHCR chief
Filippo Grandi has called for more opportunities for Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh and for better conditions back home.
Syrians risk all to flee Raqqa, as new aid route offers hope
Former residents describe forced evictions by armed groups amid fighting, while newly opened land corridor brings relief to the displaced.
More action needed to share responsibility for refugees
UNHCR protection chief Volker Türk tells stakeholders at a Geneva conference that rhetoric on responsibility sharing for refugees needs to be put into practice.
Amid ruins of war in Mosul, residents start to rebuild
Displaced residents returning to eastern areas of the city are repairing war-damaged homes and reopening shops and businesses.
Looking for lessons among past refugee crises
At a dialogue about sharing responsibility for refugees, stakeholders reflect on responses to earlier crises in Kosovo*, Guatemala and Viet Nam.
UNHCR chief urges unity in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Filippo Grandi meets with communities in restive Rakhine state to better understand their needs and challenges.
Mosul's war widows face new challenges in displacement
Female-headed households now make up more than a quarter of the 4,463 families at a UNHCR camp sheltering displaced residents from Iraq's second city.
Refugee and migrant flows through Libya on the rise - report
UNHCR study finds the North African country is by far the preferred jumping off point for refugees and migrants hoping to reach Europe, yet it is particularly unsafe.
As Mosul battle rages, trapped residents face terror and hunger
Iraqis say militants gun down civilians escaping fighting in old Mosul, while thousands trapped there are used as human shields.