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Somali Refugee Woman Weaving

Mariam

By On February 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The skills 40-year-old refugee Mariam gained and practiced for all of her life in Somalia are now her most useful resource to earn a living in Bokolmanyo refugee camp.

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Angelina Jolie at Jordan-Syria Border - UNHCR J Tanner

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Syrian Refugees

By On December 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie traveled to the Jordan-Syria border overnight to meet frightened and exhausted Syrian refugees who had just completed the perilous crossing to safety in Jordan.

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A Portrait of an Iraqi Artist as a Refugee

By On October 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Mohammed wants to become a roving art teacher for refugees around the world. But for now, the Iraqi refugee instructs fellow refugees in a desert camp in Tunisia.

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Deafness is no obstacle for refugee team in Dadaab

By On August 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

All the members of this soccer team have limited or no hearing, but that has not stopped them playing well and entering a special tournament.

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Photo Friday: New Exhibit about Refugees at UN Visitors Center

By On June 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A new traveling exhibition of photographs featured in a flagship UNHCR publication about refugees around the world has opened to the public at the United Nations building in New York.

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Photo Friday: Help Angelina Jolie Speak Out for Refugees on World Refugee Day

By On June 15, 2012 · 1 Comment

Help Angelina Jolie give a voice to refugees and displaced people around the world in time for World Refugee Day on June 20th

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Photo Friday: The Road to Resettlement

By On June 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A team of Spanish officials have arrived in Choucha camp in Tunisia to interview and select about 80 refugees for resettlement in Spain. This photo album tells the story.

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