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Congolese mother seeks new birth back home
16 Feb 2012 After spending two years in exile, Odette is hoping her sixth baby will be born back home, not in a refugee camp. -
Widow conquers her fears and ekes out a living in Congo exile
9 Feb 2012 When Marianne fled her home in Central African Republic, she feared being left to fend for herself in a foreign land. A year later she is coping in the Congo. -
Karens in Kentucky find new life challenging
3 Feb 2012 Hsar Say is among 2,400 refugees from Myanmar to be resettled in Kentucky since 2006. He feels lucky to be in the US, but says it is tough at times. -
Nansen Award winner turns her lens on the Flowers of Afghanistan
30 Jan 2012 British photographer Alixandra Fazzina tells the story of an unaccompanied Afghan child who has faced much hardship during his journey to Istanbul. -
Urban teacher gives up life in Congo to start afresh in Angola
25 Jan 2012 University-educated teacher Pedro has a bright future in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the Angolan has decided to go home and help his country rebuild. -
Q&A: Somali advocate represents refugee community at UNHCR ministerial meeting
4 Jan 2012 Fatuma Elmi, a resettled refugee from Somalia now living in the United States, recently attended an international conference on the world's forcibly displaced and stateless organized by UNHCR. -
Legal Catch-22 leaves newborn child with citizenship "unknown"
29 Dec 2011 According to his birth certificate, Glody is neither Congolese – like his mother and father, who are refugees – nor Hungarian, despite being born there. -
Strangers united by the fears they share
26 Dec 2011 Within Kakuma refugee camp, survivors from six disparate nations forge an unlikely community where friendship and healing become possible. -
Childhood friends find enduring love after war and exile
19 Dec 2011 When Elizabeth Yon Anpei fled violence in South Sudan, she never imagined she would reunite with a friend from her carefree youth – or start a family with him.