UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

unhcr - 28/09/2007

In Colombia, the decades-long conflict makes getting an education nearly impossible for those displaced by the violence. In rural areas, families are constantly...

unhcr - 28/09/2007

It's one of the hardest choices Iraqi refugee families have to make -- whether to send their children to school or to work. Even though Syria has opened its cla...

unhcr - 28/09/2007

Almost a quarter-of-a-million Sudanese have fled violence in the Darfur region and found refuge across the border in eastern Chad. Schools in the UNHCR-run refu...

unhcr - 09/07/2007

Carly is forced to flee her home and leave everything behind. All alone, she sets out to find help in other lands. She encounters the Stone-eaters, Smoky-crows,...

unhcr - 21/06/2007

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Colombia and Ecuador to see first hand the living conditions of some of the millions of Colombians dis...

unhcr - 20/06/2007

Each day the conflict in Sri Lanka forces more families to flee their homes. More than 300,000 people have been displaced in the last year alone. UNHCR is attem...

unhcr - 20/06/2007

There are an estimated 4.2 million uprooted people in Iraq - more than in any other country in the world. The flow of people to neighbouring states and individ...

unhcr - 19/06/2007

Through ninemillion.org Vusal, a young refugee living in a refugee camp in Azerbaijan is able to share with you a glimpse of his life and how playing football m...

unhcr - 15/06/2007

A boardroom would be a more likely place for a meeting between decision makers of four high powered international corporations. Instead they came together in a...

unhcr - 15/06/2007

Through ninemillion.org Paw Wah, a young refugee living in a refugee camp in Thailand is able to share with you a glimps of her life. To learn more about the ni...