The first panel, On the Refugee Experience, featured four individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds who came to Charlottesville through the refugee resettlement process. The moderator inquired ...

While the rise of activism has spread awareness about various nonprofit organizations, many that change lives still go unnoticed. Voice of Refugees (VOR), located in Anaheim, California, is a ...

NAIROBI, Feb. 5 (UNHCR) - Art and refugees may sound like subjects that cannot be farther apart, but a Franco-Brazilian artist is reminding art lovers in the Kenyan capital that refugees can be ...

Recently, I met a refugee who, like me, is from Iran, but arrived more recently and via an irregular route. His words stay with me: “Now, I feel like no matter how hard I try, I’m never really going ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 26 March 2001 UNHCR and its "UNHCR-50" ...

Each year, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the globe: uplifting refugee voices, highlighting their contributions, and raising advocacy needs. This year, the IRC Atlanta hosted our second World ...

A new global synthesis report and refugee voices from East Africa and the Middle East warn that reductions in humanitarian footprints risks breaking the refugee protection system. The global refugee ...

I had a list of interview questions in hand and Afghan women sitting around me, listening intently. All of them were wearing hijabs, and their ages varied. The room was loud from the other groups ...

Every week brings fresh headlines about asylum seekers crossing the English Channel, plus the anger of local people when hotels that are landmarks in their communities are used to accommodate them – ...