Finding hope away from home
Stories
Finding hope away from home
From Sudan to Vietnam, these refugee stories are vastly different. But they all share one thing in common: overcoming adversity and discovering hope away from home.
UNHCR
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home.
Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.
We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.
Need help?
Find information and services for refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons
Key facts and figures
108.4 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced.
Latest Tweets
@Refugees
The 2023 Regional Refugee Response Plan for the Afghan situation takes an inclusive approach to building resilient communities and supporting national services in host countries. US $613 million is needed to support 7.9 million people.
https://t.co/tiOLCuFqZA https://t.co/KQFYC0tznM
@Refugees
“The impact continues to be very hard on communities that...have gone through years and years of conflict and hardship.”
UN High Commissioner for Refugees @FilippoGrandi visited Syria to meet with people affected by the devastating earthquakes. https://t.co/KL9AxOFamA
@Refugees
Civilians continue to pay the heavy price of conflict as violent clashes drive hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in eastern DR Congo.
Together with our partners, UNHCR is urgently scaling up humanitarian and protection assistance.
https://t.co/1r0lpZ22X5
@Refugees
Interested in temporary positions in the international professional category? Ready to deploy to support our efforts across the globe? Watch our webinar on Evergreens – UNHCR’s New Talent Pipelines on Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 12h (CET).
https://t.co/LE2L3sq9Bc https://t.co/mo3yVEXNo4
@Refugees
In the face of protracted conflict and climate-fuelled crises, those displaced within and from South Sudan jointly call for an end to the conflict.
https://t.co/BRWB6YcKTQ
@Refugees
12 years of conflict have taken a huge toll on the lives of displaced Syrians and their host communities.
This crisis must end. The people of Syria need peace now. https://t.co/dEsNdu5ICJ
@Refugees
Tamara
Anastasiya
Olena
Volodymyr
Iryna
Viktoriia
6 people forcibly displaced by the war in Ukraine.
6 incredible stories of courage and resilience. https://t.co/XJtwZIdefY
@Refugees
Türkiye
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Egypt
These are the 5 countries hosting the most refugees from Syria.
12 years after the conflict started, Syrian refugees and the host communities who welcomed them need urgent assistance. https://t.co/G6vByTSKvW
@Refugees
Neighbouring countries to Afghanistan host 8.2 million+ Afghans. The situation for Afghans, especially recent arrivals, is challenging and of increasing concern. US $613 million is needed to support 7.9 million people.
https://t.co/tiOLCuFqZA https://t.co/lNK5m9mUeo
@Refugees
How does UNHCR provide protection to displaced people?
📱Watch this video to join our team in Ukraine as they meet people affected and displaced by the war. https://t.co/UzyD0VFEql
@Refugees
The crisis in Syria has been going on for 12 long years and with each passing year life becomes more difficult for displaced Syrians and their host communities.
Here's what you need to know. https://t.co/K1ViISxIMJ
@Refugees
“My kids started screaming. We didn’t know what was happening.”
~Ahmet, a survivor of the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria last month. https://t.co/tewhyeohyC
@Refugees
It's not a women's issue.
The fight to end gender inequality is universal.
#WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/CueG75z7Ry
@Refugees
RT @FilippoGrandi: Thanks @JanezLenarcic of the EU and @HarjitSajjan of Canada for hosting today a conference in solidarity with Venezuelan…
@Refugees
12 years of crisis in Syria has uprooted over 14 million Syrians from their homes.
As their displacement drags on and host countries struggle with multiple crises, Syrian refugees around the region are slipping further into poverty. https://t.co/uryUG8mP5k
@Refugees
RT @GillianTriggs: The plight of Afghans in host countries is extremely challenging. Record inflation, increased living costs, natural disa…
@Refugees
As the full-scale war in Ukraine continues into a second year, no one is left untouched - neither the displaced nor the people working to help them. Meet 6 people who bravely carry on to survive and rebuild their lives. https://t.co/XJtwZIdefY
@Refugees
RT @UNHCRSouthernAF: About half a million people are estimated to have been affected in 🇲🇿 by flooding & Cyclone Freddy, hitting 🇲🇿 twice i…
@Refugees
RT @UNHCR_Kenya: Kakuma camp hosts close to a quarter million refugees across Kakuma & Kalobeyei. These spaces are becoming models of refug…
@Refugees
RT @UNHCR_NE: Host countries cannot be left alone in helping people forced to flee find stability, safety and the means to rebuild their li…
CRISIS APPEAL
Sudan emergency
Intense fighting has broken out in Sudan, with reports of civilians killed and injured in multiple parts of the country.
Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods are reportedly skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Despite attempts at ceasefires, people are being displaced amid the clashes and are fleeing to neighbouring countries like Chad and South Sudan, in urgent need of basic relief items and shelter.
UNHCR teams are on the ground to meet new arrivals and provide life-saving assistance. But as the fighting displaces more people, support is urgently needed to scale up the response.
© UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune
Emergency teams deployed to border crossing points in Chad and South Sudan
Supplies of basic relief items like soap and sleeping mats bolstered
Reception centres established to register and identify vulnerable new arrivals
