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Czech volunteer family's offer of help leads to firm friendship
Sarka and Angus Grundy agreed to help a refugee family for six months and became close friends with a Syrian couple and their daughter.
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Study highlights most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2017
"Suffering in Silence", a report by the aid agency CARE, highlights humanitarian crises that rarely made the news, including forcible displacements affecting millions.
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Sport helps young football fan from Afghanistan settle in Germany
Shoaib, who found safety in Germany, is one of 12 displaced children daring to dream in The Dream Diaries.
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In Belgium, Afghan teen dreams of empowering girls at home
In a new online project, 16-year-old Madina from Afghanistan shares her hopes of equality for women in her homeland.
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Yemenis displaced by fresh violence face bleak winter
Renewed fighting has displaced more than 32,000 Yemenis in the past two months, adding to the two million already forced to flee and facing a harsh winter.
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Rohingya refugees race to fix up shelters as monsoon looms
UNHCR is working to re-position and weatherproof up to 80,000 shelters in southern Bangladesh to withstand rains expected in March.
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Goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett 'shaken and enriched' by work with refugees
During a visit to UNHCR's headquarters in Geneva, Blanchett says organization provides a vital "moral compass" in times of record displacement.
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Somali teenager sets her hopes high for the future
A photography project has given 14-year-old Manaal the confidence to set her hopes high for the future.
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From refugee to friend: hosting refugees a 'win-win' for some in UK
A series of photos by Aubrey Wade, backed by UNHCR, highlights how UK households have discovered that offering a room to a refugee can benefit both parties.