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Irish Restaurants open their doors to refugee chefs for the first Irish Refugee Food Festival
16 restaurants and food business across Ireland taking part in festival, which will culminate in welcome dinners in Dublin and Cork on 20 June, World Refugee Day
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Refugee chefs serve up success at food festival
The 2018 Refugee Food Festival will see refugee chefs and locals come together to share food and friendship in cities around the world.
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Indonesian fishermen rescue Rohingya
Local sea-faring community offer warm welcome to fleeing refugees.
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As cyclones loom, Bangladesh leads push to protect Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh is working with UNHCR and partners to stave off consequences of possible extreme weather for hundreds of thousands.
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Rohingya refugee volunteers trained to help others in distress
As monsoon season approaches, Rohingya volunteers are being trained by UNHCR to become first responders in an emergency.
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A year after assault on Marawi City, residents still unable to return
Conflict drove 360,000 Filipinos from their homes last May. Months after the city was liberated, destruction and unexploded bombs prevent many from going home.
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Honduran refugee risks all riding the 'beast' in Mexico
More refugees are fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador - some like Armando, risk all riding a freight train in search of safety in Mexico.
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UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with LGBTI displaced
Filippo Grandi stresses the need to support those forced to flee because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Facing the hardest separation
International Day of Families, which is today, is an important moment to reflect on Australia's separation of refugees and asylum-seekers. It's time to bring them together.