Tagged: Migrant and Refugee Crisis

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Stories from the border

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An anthill. That’s the closest image that comes to mind when you try to describe what happens on the Simón Bolívar bridge. The bridge separates (and unites) Venezuela and Colombia, in the Colombian province of Norte de Santander. An incessant flow of people walking — old and young, with empty hands or overloaded with… Read more →←
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Rohingya refugee crisis — how effective is UNICEF’s response?

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Beginning in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women and children fleeing violence, the destruction of their homes and persecution in Myanmar, arrived on the beaches and paddy fields of Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The scale and speed of the refugee influx was overwhelming and the magnitude reminiscent of the… Read more →←
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Field notes from Rukban

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This past week, the UN in Syria mobilized one of its largest humanitarian aid convoys to bring much needed lifesaving supplies to 40,000 people stranded at Rukban camp, in the arid desert on the south-eastern border between Syria and Jordan. We went with 118 supply trucks and more than 300 humanitarian workers from UNICEF, the UN and the… Read more →←
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From conflict to the classroom — a refugee’s story

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I came to Ethiopia in 2013, and lived in the Sherkole refugee camp, where I spent four years. Before Sherkole I was studying in a government school in Uganda. Now I am in Bambasi Camp (Ethiopia) where I have been for the last two years. When I left my home country DRC, I was 12 years old and studying in Grade 2. We lived in a rural area… Read more →←
Lady with a laptop and a man in UNICEF apparel look on as a UNICEF truck moves onto a barge, guided by some people on it.

Returnees from Angola: A new spark in the Kasai?

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Until a few years ago, no one had heard of the Kasai, then one of the most peaceful provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since August 2016 however, this safe haven has become synonymous with atrocities and unspeakable violence. Hundreds of thousands of people had to flee to save their lives; their children were used… Read more →←
A woman draped in a white shawl in a classroom with blue steel desks behind her.

What did your mother dream of as a girl?

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When our team — UNICEF Chad’s Education colleagues, the Ministry of Education and partners — was leaving Sido Bemadji primary school in the Moyen Chari province, we learned that someone from the school’s Mothers Association had been waiting to talk to us. I hesitated for a second as we were already late. I looked at the person… Read more →←
A group of women together in a colorful room.

Women’s network gives uprooted women and girls a space for strength

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Three years ago, as many European borders closed to people fleeing violence in the Middle East, a community centre in the heart of Athens opened its doors, welcoming stranded refugees and migrants. Run by women who came to Greece as migrants themselves, the Melissa Network is a community centre empowering uprooted women and girls to… Read more →←
A young boy saws at a piece of bamboo as a man squatting beside him films it on camera.

The quest for a “beautiful palace”

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When I first met him, he was standing on the roof of his house. It was the second day of my assignment for UNICEF in Bangladesh. I was in Kutupalong Refugee Camp seeking stories about the impending monsoon that was set to wreak havoc on the camp’s 600,000 inhabitants. But, watching Rashed’s 13-year-old frame tugging a tarpaulin like… Read more →←
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Youth at the centre of international migration policy

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Promoting the rights of young people uprooted In June, UNICEF Germany’s youth delegates Yasmin, Sandra and Alexandra travelled to Morocco to participate in a youth workshop organised by the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). The workshop aimed at unpacking priority issues for young people uprooted. Why? Because UN… Read more →←

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