Zeinab’s husband was killed while she was pregnant in her town of Mogadishu. She lost her only source of support and could not afford the increasing market prices.
Thang faced a dilemma: Stay at home and be used by the army to kill his own people, or flee to Thailand for a chance to receive a better education? Find out in this video.
Hawa faced a dilemma: Stay in Ethiopia where she will surely die, or flee to Kenya, where she could provide a better future for her child? Watch her describe this difficult ordeal in her own words.
UNHCR partners FilmAid have released a rockin’, beautiful and incredibly moving music video for the hit single ‘A Heavy Abacus’ by The Joy Formidable.
Edwin Garcia, 40, was born in Colombia and trained as a doctor. After participating in a police investigation into paramilitary activities, he was targeted by militants and forced to flee his home. He shares his story in his own words in the following video.
Jean Patrick Bimenyimana, performing under the name ‘Mudibu’, grew up in the central African state of Burundi. Today, he is a musician living in the UK.
Fathi Khalifa, 42, fled his native Libya twenty years ago, following a crackdown in his hometown of Sabha. He has since lived in Morocco and, most recently, in Holland, where he settled three years ago as a refugee.
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