Human Stories

A pop-up hotel and restaurant run by refugees have given new life to a forbidding Amsterdam building that once housed hardened criminals.

On World Humanitarian Day, UNHCR High Profile Supporter Atom Araullo shares how we are bound by our shared humanity with families who fled war, conflict, and violence.

Amidst the difficulties of living in displacement, a grandmother from Marawi demonstrates resilience and strength

Solaiman and Saada Alip were counting the days to their retirement when conflict in Marawi City broke out a year ago. They were trapped for 16 days as the conflict raged on before fleeing on June 8. Months later, they visit their home, only to discover much of it in ruins.

Hear the stories of Syrians who have sought refuge away from their homes.

“Supply means more than just delivering blankets or tarpaulins. We are delivering protection, in many forms.”

March 2011, Syria: Many people were hurriedly packing their bags, to escape a brutal conflict that would become the biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis of our time.

Several thousand are stranded on Myanmar’s shores in deteriorating conditions, waiting for boats to take them across the Naf River.

Against the backdrop of conflict in Marawi City, people of different cultures and religions live in harmony amid diversity at the Pantar evacuation center in Lanao del Norte.

Hanifah Acmad is one of the hundreds of thousands of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Marawi. Led by her hope to be a voice for the IDPs, she and her friends worked with UNHCR to bring into light the issues faced by their fellow IDPs.