UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- These indigenous seafarers were at risk of statelessness, until now
unhcr - 04/11/2021
A birth certificate is something many of us take for granted. For thousands of Sama Bajau this document means they can finally prove they exist. Since 2019, a c...
- Beating the Heat: The Climate Crisis is a Human Crisis #COP26
unhcr - 02/11/2021
Ahead of #COP26 UNHCR Special Advisor on Climate Action Andrew Harper visited Mauritania to see first hand how refugees are combatting the climate crisis. Inf...
- Forced to Flee #PODCAST | Episode 7: A Changing World 🔊🔊
unhcr - 27/10/2021
Seventy years since the 1951 Refugee Convention was signed, forced displacement is at record levels – more than 82 million people at the end of 2020, and rising...
- Forced to Flee #PODCAST | Episode 6: New Beginnings 🔊🔊
unhcr - 20/10/2021
For many refugees trying to work out how to rebuild their lives, solutions can be hard to come by. In “New Beginnings”, we meet refugees who have managed to sta...
- Syria. UN High Commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi visits Talbiseh city, northern Homs
unhcr - 19/10/2021
UNHCR’s Grandi urges increase in the scope of humanitarian assistance in Syria, including to people returning from displacement. 00:00 - Syrian blacksmith retu...
- Afghan teen makes her mark on Ecuadorian city that gave her refuge
unhcr - 18/10/2021
Zohra was just 11 when she and her family fled to Ecuador. Now 16, she paints murals on buildings in her host city as a way of reconciling her two worlds. Info...
- This farmer grows food and runs small businesses to empower other women
unhcr - 16/10/2021
Congolese refugee, Felicitee Anibati has overcome incredible odds to rebuild her life. She escaped fighting in her home country in 2018 to South Sudan. She star...
- Forced to Flee #PODCAST | Episode 5: Line of Fire 🔊🔊
unhcr - 13/10/2021
“Line of Fire” is the second of two episodes that delve into some of the major emergencies of the past 70 years. We begin with one of the most challenging huma...
- Sudanese refugee student receives scholarship to attend university
unhcr - 11/10/2021
Sudanese scholar, Raba Hakim, has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a Mastercard Foundation scholarship. Information for ...
- Ivorian refugees return home
unhcr - 07/10/2021
Since 2011, a total of 287,000 Ivoirian refugees, representing over 92 per cent of those in West Africa, have voluntarily returned to Côte d'Ivoire and more are...
