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The Sea Route to Europe
A large majority of the thousands of people who made dangerous sea journeys across the Mediterranean into Europe in the first six months of 2015 were fleeing war, conflict or persecution. This makes the ...![Four Generations on the Run](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/06162015-Four-Generations-1080x675.jpg)
Four Generations on the Run
As the ferry anchors near Kagunga village, on the Tanzanian shores of Lake Tanganyika, 60-year-old Foibe Ndikumana sits patiently on the sand, yearning to hear her name called. She is eager to leave behind ...![#WorldRefugeeDay: Interpreter. Sister. Fashionista.](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Pabi-cropped-1080x675.jpg)
#WorldRefugeeDay: Interpreter. Sister. Fashionista.
Pabi, 24 years old: “For the past two years, I have been working as a Deaf Asian interpreter. I am so proud of what I have been able to accomplish for myself since coming ...![Mediterranean crossings in 2015 already top 100,000](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/06102015-Greece.jpg)
Mediterranean crossings in 2015 already top 100,000
Donate Now GENEVA, June 9 (UNHCR) –Refugee and migrant arrivals to Europe across the Mediterranean so far in 2015 have moved above 100,000, with record numbers now arriving every day in the Greek islands. ...![A New Home and a Helping Hand](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/06042015-Jacob-family-1080x675.jpg)
A New Home and a Helping Hand
Time seems to have stopped in Dilingala, a sleepy farming village in southern Chad. But for many local residents, including 40-year-old Nicolas, life is forever changing. The violence ravaging the Central African Republic, just ...![Time running out for stranded boat people; South-east Asian governments urged to act](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/06012015-Indonesia-kids-on-boat.jpg)
Time running out for stranded boat people; South-east Asian governments urged to act
GENEVA, May 19 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned that time was running out for thousands of people in distress at sea and urged governments in the South-east Asia region to urgently ...![The Sound of Peace](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-05-1080x675.jpg)
The Sound of Peace
Every morning, Ahmad gently wakes his six-year-old son, Abdu. Then he places hearing aids over the boy’s ears and asks him what he can hear. It is a ritual they cherish, a moment when ...![Resettlement offers hope to ailing Syrian refugees in need of treatment](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218112038im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10.jpg)