Abandoned at Sea
In May of this year, at least 5,000 refugees and migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh found themselves stranded at sea when the people smugglers and ship crews who had promised to take them to ...
The Refugees Learning to Reconnect
The city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, is no stranger to refugees. Around 1,500 people who have fled some of Africa’s bloodiest conflicts now call it home. One of them, Budiaki*, is sitting in a computer ...
An Old Conflict Causes New Wounds in Iraq
Asam thought he had lost everything that mattered when his family fled their home in Sinjar, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, during an attack in August 2014. But just a few months after ...
Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece soars 750 per cent over 2014
GENEVA, Aug 7 (UNHCR)—Some 124,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Greece by sea at the end of July this year—a staggering 750 per cent increase on the same period in 2014, the UN ...
More than 100 Somali refugees arrive home in Mogadishu from Kenya
MOGADISHU, Aug 5 (UNHCR)—More than 100 Somali refugees from Kenya flew into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, marking a new chapter in the voluntary return process. Earlier in the day, two planes, carrying ...
Nigerian refugees move from volatile border zone in Cameroon
GENEVA, July 21 (UNHCR)—Violence and insecurity have continued to affect population movements in northern Nigeria and neighbouring countries, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday (July 21). In Cameroon’s remote Far North Region, a ...
An Epic Journey to Save Diana
As the navy ship was pulling into the port in Sicily, I could see Diana. She stood out from more than 400 migrants and refugees onboard, rescued while crossing the dangerous Mediterranean waters. Diana, ...
Syrian refugee in Lebanon decides to head to Turkey to risk flight to Europe.
SHOUEIFAT, Lebanon, July 21 (UNHCR)—In the hall of her bare apartment, five packed suitcases lay neatly on the floor. After four crushing years of living in Lebanon as a refugee, Hanan* had made up ...