Stories
Yemenis helping rebuild lives on conflict's frontlines win 2021 Nansen Award
Driven by his own experience of displacement, Ameen Jubran and his team kept providing shelter and hope to Yemenis fleeing their homes even as fighting reached its peak.
Refugees in Cameroon help build 'Great Green Wall' to combat desertification
Refugees and host communities in northern Cameroon have planted 360,000 seedlings, transforming the environment in and around Minawao refugee camp.
COVID-19 tops list of UNHCR's most underfunded crises in 2021
New report shows UNHCR's pandemic response has received just a third of the funds needed for this year, threatening the health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced people globally.
Forced To Flee: UNHCR podcast tells story of displacement over 70 years
To mark UNHCR's 70th anniversary, a new seven-part series revisits major upheavals that shaped the period through the eyes of displaced people and others caught up in events.
Climate change fuels clashes in Cameroon that force thousands to flee
Dwindling water supplies are at the root of fighting between herders and fishermen that have driven thousands to flee both within Cameroon and into Chad.
Meet the five winners of our dream football design contest
The young refugees and supporters behind the winning football designs will see them brought to life to support sport programmes for displaced people.
Hawa Hassan and Mindy Kaling team up to make a Somali pasta dish on BuzzFeed Tasty
Somali home-cook Hawa Hassan guides actor, producer and UNHCR supporter, Mindy Kaling, through how to make Suugo Suqaar, a spicy Somali pasta dish.
We decide how to treat refugees - it's dehumanizing to deprive them of an education
For the launch of the UNHCR 2021 Education Report, US author and vlogger John Green says learning opportunities for refugee children are utterly inadequate and the world must acknowledge their right to an education.
Refugee Paralympians leave legacy of hope as Tokyo Games conclude
After competing with pride and receiving an outpouring of support in Japan and beyond, the Refugee Paralympic Team showed the power of inclusion for displaced people with disabilities.