“There have been nights when we had nothing at all to eat.”
‘There have been nights when we had nothing at all to eat.’ A widowed mother-of-four struggling to take care of her family in a camp is among the 287,000+ Afghans displaced since the start of the year by the latest upsurge in fighting. © UNHCR / Edris...
‘We are the lucky ones’
‘We are the lucky ones’ Ethiopian refugee Mihret hid in the bush for days without food or water, to escape the Tigray conflict. Now safe in Sudan at the Tunaydbah refugee settlement, she is using her engineering skills to assist her community. © UNHCR / Ahmed...
A boy who had to give up his childhood
A boy who had to give up his childhood David Morrissey tells us about his journey to Cairo, where he met refugees from Syria, Somalia and Sudan. More stories © UNHCR/Pedro Costa Gomes Actor David Morrissey has met many refugees in his role as a UNHCR Goodwill...
“A refugee is… my hilarious best friend with a heart of gold”
“A refugee is… my hilarious best friend with a heart of gold” UK for UNHCR communications officer Genna AlTai tells us about her best friend – who was forced to flee Tbilisi in Georgia. More stories © Ramil Ugot It’s difficult to assign a label to my best...
Maya Ghazal: “A refugee can be anyone, like a pilot flying your plane – a pilot like me!”
Maya Ghazal: “A refugee can be anyone, like a pilot flying your plane – a pilot like me!” From being forced to flee to flying airplanes, Maya Ghazal embodies the spirit and resilience of refugees in the UK. More stories © UNHCR / Andrew McConnell At just 22 years...
Thanks for cooking with us! Get ready for some more Middle Eastern recipes
Thanks for cooking with us! Get ready for some more Middle Eastern recipes We were joined by cooking enthusiasts who wanted to learn the very best in Middle Eastern recipes – people dialled in from all corners of the UK, and around the world including Canada,...
Meet Mevan Babakar
Meet Mevan Babakar Born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents, Mevan Babakar was exposed to the uprisings in Iraq, together with genocide against the Kurdish community from a very young age. More stories © UK for UNHCR Mevan’s family fled the Gulf War in the early...
“A refugee is… my grandmother who is the life of the party; always first on the dancefloor and last one to leave!”
“A refugee is… my grandmother who is the life of the party; always first on the dancefloor and last one to leave!” Shazia’s definition of “A refugee is…” honours her grandmother, Roshan, who came to the UK as a refugee from Tanzania in the early 1970s. ...
