Refugee News & Stories
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.
Finding hope in the harshest winters
“Without the winter aid, our situation would’ve been very bad. It came as a saviour during hardship. It really helped.“
Finding safety down the Ubungi River
Twenty-year-old Marie Claire Immindu fled her village when armed men came looking for her father.