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StoriesPlaying Like a Girl
Refugee all-girls team find empowerment on the pitch in Malaysia.
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StoriesWith Sheer Will And Determination, Rohingya Boy Reaches For The Stars
Zaid is a 16 year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar in Malaysia. He believes an education will allow him to strive for a hopeful future for himself and others.
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NewsUNHCR chief urges international leaders to tackle conflicts behind global displacement
"Have we become unable to broker peace?" Grandi asks Security Council during key address on record levels of displacement.
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Donate in Malaysia
Over half a million Rohingya children, women and men, have been forced to flee to Bangladesh escaping violence in Myanmar.
They have arrived traumatised, exhausted, hungry, and sick after walking for days from their villages through jungles, across mountains and rivers carrying what little they could bring from home.
There is an urgent need for emergency shelters and core relief items as more refugees arrive.
Around UNHCR
Donors pledge over US$344 million in response to Rohingya refugee crisis
From crisis comes opportunity, says UNHCR protection chief
Türk calls for long-term improvements in the lives of the displaced and their hosts.
The world must not turn its back on the Syrian refugee crisis
Filippo Grandi expresses concern that funding commitments made by the international community are being forgotten
2017 Executive Committee
View documents related to the 68th plenary session of UNHCR's Executive Committee, which meets from 2-6 October in Geneva.
Strong compacts for refugees and migrants more urgent than ever
Joint statement by UN Special Representative for International Migration and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.