Nader is a third-generation refugee. His parents fled Palestine as children and he grew up in Damascus, Syria. In 2011, the conflict forced the family to flee. His daughter Aya was 10 when she heard h...
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Oscar, 10 years old; Oscar and his family fled from Buenaventura, a city on the Pacific Coast of Colombia, a few years ago when a family member was killed by an illegal armed group. They moved to Cali...
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Sixteen-year-old Muhammad Yaquob, 14-year-old Naeem, and 11-year-old Yazdan were born in Afghanistan. In 2010, after the family was threatened by the Taliban, they fled to Pakistan and took refuge in...
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On April 18, 2013, I hid with my brother in the back of a Turkish cargo truck filled with car-parts and headed for Germany. We were going there to reunite with our sister who lives in Dusseldorf. I kn...
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On the 28th October Lesvos witnessed one of its worst tragedy’s yet, when a large wooden boat carrying over 350 people sunk in the Aegean. Nobody is sure how many died that day, but most estimat...
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) believes that education is a necessity, not a luxury. We know that by educating children and keeping them in school for as many years as possible, we are providing the to...
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With the support of [regular givers] like you, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is supporting refugees across the world – from South Sudan to Syria, Mali to Myanmar – we are working at all levels to make...
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