Onze ambassadeurs

Angelina Jolie

** Note to Editor: Subject names deliberately omitted for protection** Lebanon/UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ant-nio Guterres, and his Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, visited Lebanon today to hear accounts from Syrian refugees and their host communities in the Bekaa Valley and hold talks with the Government. Their trip comes as the number of registered refugees here has risen to almost 67,000 as violence continues unabated across the border. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Mr. Guterres, recognizing their acute economic and security concerns, paid tribute to Lebanon for providing asylum to so many Syrian refugees. He called on the international community to recognize and help ease Lebanon's burden. "It is in everyone's interest to support not only refugees but the States of the region," he added. At the same media briefing, Ms. Jolie remarked about her morning experience meeting Syrian refugees here, "I was moved to meet Syrian familiesÉin homes where they are welcomed and protected." She spoke of meeting three women living alone with their children, leaving their husbands behind for fear they would be killed if they attempted escape. One of the women tearfully described their sudden four hour trek to Lebanon leaving their father behind. Worried for their lives if they remained, the mother told them they were visiting relatives in neighboring Lebanon. "They lost so much," she said. "I just didn't also want to break their hearts." ©UNHCR/JTanner/Sept 2012 ;

Kristin Davis

UNHCR High Profile Supporter Kristin Davis spends time with Fiona Taba (18) a South Sudanese refugee who's become a tailor and a fashion designer. Fiona also cultivates a plot of land that was donated by the Ugandan Governmnet at the Rhino Base camps settlement.

Cate Blanchett

Lebanon. Cate Blanchett's visit

Yusra Mardini

Ben Stiller

Khaled Hosseini

Chad / Khaled Hosseini, author of the best-selling novel The Kite Runner is welcomed by a group of children in Kounoungou refugee camp, eastern Chad. Hosseini was last year named a Goodwill Envoy for the UN refugee agency in the USA. / UNHCR / T. Irwin / February 2007

Betuig ook je steun en teken de #WithRefugees petitie.

Al 1,8 miljoen mensen betuigden hun steun! Laat net als onze ambassadeurs weten dat jij ook solidair bent met vluchtelingen en teken de petitie. #WithRefugees

Teken de petitie

De petitie roept wereldleiders en regeringen op om ervoor te zorgen…

… dat elk kind op de vlucht toegang heeft tot onderwijs

… dat elke familie op de vlucht een veilig onderkomen heeft

… dat elke vluchteling kan werken of wordt opgeleid om te voorzien in het levensonderhoud van zijn of haar familie