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Former Syrian refugee brings healing and recovery to trauma survivors
Social entrepreneur Jin Davod developed an innovative online platform that has provided thousands of refugees in Türkiye and elsewhere with access to free mental health services.
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Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker and an advocate for ending statelessness – will be honoured as winners of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee ...
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Brazilian nun who champions refugees wins UNHCR’s Nansen Award
Having dedicated her life to the refugee cause, Sister Rosita Milesi continues to shape and personify Brazil’s welcoming approach to people forced to flee. For her decades-long commitment to ...
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A mother’s struggle helps drive a national movement for legal identity in Nepal
Deepti Gurung won legal identity for her two undocumented daughters and is now a major force in a movement for constitutional change to prevent statelessness in Nepal.
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In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday 8 October to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and ...
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Syrians escape bombings in Lebanon to the country they once fled
More than 250,000 people have crossed into Syria since the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon began two weeks ago. Seventy per cent of them are Syrians who had sought safety in Lebanon. UN High ...
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Libanon: UN-Flüchtlingshochkommissar ruft zu dringender humanitärer Unterstützung auf
Der UN-Flüchtlingshochkommissar, Filippo Grandi, rief am Sonntag zu mehr internationaler Unterstützung auf, um die humanitäre Katastrophe im Libanon einzudämmen.
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Escaping airstrikes in Eastern Ukraine: an 82-year-old's journey to safety
With intensified hostilities in eastern regions of Ukraine, Nina Ryazantseva was among thousands of people who have fled or been evacuated from frontline communities in recent months.
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UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Lebanon. Two weeks of deadly ...
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Displaced families in Lebanon yearn for peace and a return home
At a school in the Burj Hammoud neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut, classrooms and corridors that once rang with the sound of schoolchildren are now filled with exhausted families fleeing ...
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Agreement between UNHCR and QFFD to provide critical humanitarian aid in South Sudan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has signed an agreement with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) worth US$2 million to provide critical assistance in South Sudan to 240,000 people who fled to the country ...