Refugee News & Stories
Far from home: battling winter in Jordan
When Nisreen found out young men were being randomly detained in 2014, she and her four children left Syria as soon as they could.
Powering up the Bidibidi settlement
We are delighted to confirm BuffaloGrid and UK for UNHCR will be collaborating to bring power to the BidiBidi refugee settlement in Uganda.
Fashion with a cause
Stil Lifestyle boutique owner Sulaika Weihs tells UK for UNHCR about her recent fundraising efforts thanks to Cate Blanchett’s contribution of pre-owned clothing.
Kat Graham appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
“I know that if my grandfather, who was Liberian, had been killed while fleeing for his life, or if my grandmother, who was Jewish and from Russia, had not escaped the Holocaust, I would not be here today.”
Going the distance to help refugees
UK for UNHCR supporter James Overton never shies away from physically pushing himself. His latest challenge is no exception.
More than 43,000 flee Ethiopia in just under a month
An emergency on top of an emergency; a crisis is unravelling in northern Ethiopia, where clashes between the Ethiopian army and forces from the Tigray region are driving thousands of people to flee – more than half of them children.