‘It’s a little kernel of perfection’
Across Britain, local groups are being set up to welcome refugees under a programme called Community Sponsorship. This photo essay showcases some of the integration projects.
‘I promise, from this moment on, things will get better’
UNHCR’s Salome Ayukuru, widely known as ‘Mama’, has been helping vulnerable refugees to rebuild their shattered lives for nearly two decades.
The Friendship Salon
These 8 women opened a hair salon to spread hope in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements.
6 Faces of the Sahel Crisis
In Burkina Faso, almost nowhere was safe, with armed groups, extremists and criminal gangs waging terror on a daily basis. Then came coronavirus.
One Night at Sea
A Spanish fisherman made a valiant decision, saving a dozen lives on the Mediterranean.
The most important thing I carried when I fled my country
What would you bring if violence or persecution forced you to flee your country?
The power of love
Meet the LGBTI refugees finding love beyond borders.
Portraits of Congolese Refugee Women
Since fresh fighting broke out in the Kasai region of the DRC, the viciousness against women has been particularly brutal. UNHCR sent photographer Giles Duley to meet with survivors, bear witness to their suffering and pay tribute to their strength.
The most important thing I carried when I fled Myanmar
If conflict tore your country apart and forced you to run for your life, what would you take with you? Here, 11 Rohingya refugees present the things they carried.
Walk through a bustling refugee camp market
Resourceful and enterprising refugees from South Sudan have set up a successful market in a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.