World Refugee Day 2013
Today we are commemorating the 2013 World Refugee Day, calling for support to the cause of more than 45 million refugees and internally displaced people who were...
1 Family: In Nepal, family torn between new life and leaving loved ones behind
DAMAK, Nepal, June 17 (UNHCR) – Seventy-nine-year-old Keshar Singh Rai vividly remembers the day he started his life as a refugee. It was August 1992, when he...
UNHCR welcomes European Union's €400 million donation for Syria crisis
GENEVA, June 6 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today welcomed the European Union's announcement of a major new...
A Refugee's Journey: Ahmed is happy to be alive and starting a family
TRIPOLI, LEBANON, June 5 (UNHCR) – There is a part of Ahmed that doesn't miss the prosperity and possessions that he left behind, including his library of...
Refugees from embattled Syrian town report harsh conditions, difficulties in reaching safety
GENEVA, June 4 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said it has been seeing small numbers of refugees arriving in eastern Lebanon after escaping...
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