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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. -
1 family torn apart: Parents reunite with children in Argentina
2 Nov 2011 On a cold night earlier this year, joy came back into Sané's life when he and his wife were reunited with their two eldest children after more than a decade. -
A deaf refugee from Bhutan impresses in Canada with her enthusiasm
29 Sep 2011 Resettlement to Ottawa has given a talented 20-year-old refugee from Bhutan an education – and hopes of becoming a teacher herself. -
1 Refugee Without Hope: Sick Afghan girl gets new Finnish start
28 Sep 2011 Fatemeh has a rare congenital disease that has already killed her brother. She and her parents were recently resettled from Iran to Finland on medical grounds. -
The loneliness of the lone, distant urban refugee
22 Sep 2011 Jack seems close to giving up hope. The Sudanese refugee is stuck in a country where he can't speak the language and he can't get a decent job.