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Community Messaging on Change In Processing For Chins
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Venezuelans on the run find respite in Ecuador hostel
Over 8,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants have slept at Carmen Carcelén's hostel. Her hospitality has enticed many to stay in El Juncal.
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Syrian software developer starts new life as Canadian skilled worker
After eight years in Lebanon, Mohammed Hakmi is the first refugee to arrive in Canada as a skilled worker under an innovative pilot program.
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UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees in Ramadan
At the start of the holy month, Filippo Grandi asks us to remember almost 70 million people forcibly uprooted from their homes.
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UNHCR Ambassador Ben Stiller tells U.S. Congress: Syrian refugees still need support
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Nursing a city back to health in Mali
Jamilla Amadou was displaced from her home in Gao by conflict. Now she houses others who are displaced and nurses the sick in a city still struggling to recover.
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Rohingya youth spearhead project to foster mental health
Asking for help was once taboo, but young refugee volunteers in Bangladesh are showing their peers how speak up about their worries and sadnesses.
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World must not turn away from Rohingya crisis, say UN chiefs
Visiting refugee camps in Bangladesh as monsoon season nears, heads of UN refugee, relief and migration agencies call for sustained support for refugees and host communities.
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Former Somali refugee inspires children with illustrated book
Habso Mohamud grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya and has something to say to children around the world: "We are the agents of change."