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A war baby tells her story 20 years after onset of the Sarajevo siege

By On April 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Lejla looks every inch the fashionable young Londoner. But she had a most inauspicious start to life two decades ago in the cauldron of Sarajevo.

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UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in Myanmar’s remote Kachin state

By On March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A convoy carrying supplies from the UN Refugee Agency, reached displaced Kachin people on Myanmar’s border with China, including N-Jawn Kaw Ja, a mother of 5.

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Photo Friday: World Water Day

By On March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Water equals life. For many refugees, it is a precious resource. A series of photos showing water use at a refugee camp.

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Fear of compulsory recruitment drives Eritrean teen to flee home

By On March 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Gebre knew the dangers as well as any 13-year-old. He understood that to be captured fleeing his country by the Eritrean border guards could mean jail or worse.

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Refugee Stories: Shyrete

By On March 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Shyrete is an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo. In 1999, when war erupted in her native Yugoslavia, she was forced to flee to neighboring Macedonia for fear of reprisals from security services.

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Photo Friday: Diesel, South Sudan

By On February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Diesel, a young Sudanese girl, stands idly with her friends while her mother prepares breakfast in Sherkole camp.

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Photo Friday: Birth Certificates in Haiti

By On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A photo slideshow shows how UNHCR continues to provide Haiti earthquake victims with civil documentation and protecting victims of sexual violence.

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