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. When Muzon’s family fled the war in Syria in early 2013, ...
Shaken by war, Syrian children start over at German school
NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany, Oct 29 (UNHCR)—Leen flings open the school doors after her German language class and runs out, clearly delighting in her new surroundings despite a cold rush of autumn air. “I like being ...
Fleeing gangs, Salvadoran tailors make new life in Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico, Oct 23 (UNHCR)—Alfonso*, his wife and their three children live in just one sweltering room in southern Mexico, the large sewing machine in the middle of the floor a reminder of the ...
Fishing for an Education
Yida, a town surrounded by wetlands in a remote part of South Sudan, sits just 12 kilometres from the border and is home to nearly 70,000 refugees escaping conflict in Sudan. At the same ...
200,000 Syrian refugee children to get free schooling in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct 2 (UNHCR)—Tasnim, a 12-year-old refugee girl from Aleppo, Syria, is excitedly preparing to return to school. “I want to become a dentist. I have always been intrigued by the tools and ...
Refugee Crisis in Europe—Nansen Refugee Award OP-ED by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Khaled Hosseini
Like millions around the world, I have been moved by the recent public outcry and spontaneous acts of solidarity towards refugees in Europe. It has been riveting to watch, as well as greatly encouraging. ...
Iraqi schools face a desk deficit
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept 30 (UNHCR)—While many Iraqi students were enjoying the last weeks of summer before school resumed, the classrooms of al-Asil elementary school in Baghdad’s Mansour neighbourhood were full. Here, students whose families ...
Young Afghans Weigh Their Future
Sonita has only seen Afghanistan through the eyes of others: on her relatives’ mobile phones, in films and in Internet videos. Zia has been there just once, to apply for a passport. But these ...